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fectly happy and contented, but he had 

 no desire to move about like the other 

 children who were getting better. Peter 

 was certainly getting better, for he told 

 the doctor and the nurses every day that 

 he was. 



But they thought differently, so one 

 day they told Peter that he was to go into 

 the country for the summer, and get 

 some tan on his face and some roses in 

 his cheeks. 



He did not know what that meant, but 

 as they were very good to him at the 

 hospital, he thought it must be for his 

 good, and quietly consented. 



So one day after taking a heart-break- 

 ing farewell of his nurses, Peter was 

 wrapped in a blanket, and strong arms 

 bore him to a carriage in waiting, 

 which rolled rapidly away, across the city 

 to the depot. Here he was placed in 



