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box in his hand. He opened it and showed its gorgeous 

 contents. " It was so sunny to-day," said he, " that the 

 fields were full of butterflies. I never saw so many before. 

 Shall I bring them all to the class to-morrow } " 



"Yes, bring them all," said the teacher, "and I will tell 

 you about as many as I can." 



He wished Annie good evening, and went away ; but 

 the young folks sat a long time together, for Annie was 

 very unwilling to bid her friend good by. Before Maggie 

 left she had made Mr. Webb promise to send for Dr. 

 Grey to examine Annie's foot, and as she was going away 

 she looked back to Annie and said : " Now keep up a 

 good heart. I shall come again in the Autumn when you 

 have the Festival, and I expect to find you walking about 

 like all the rest of us." 



" She is the dearest girl in the world," said Annie that 

 night to her mother. " I think she really believes I shall 

 get well." 



"We all hope so, too, my darling," said her mother, as 

 she kissed her good night. 



