BIRD STORIES 



Larie was not alone. There were so many with him 

 that, when they flew together in the distance, they 

 looked as thick as snowflakes in the air; and when they 

 screamed together, the din was so great that people who 

 were not used to hearing them put their hands over their 

 ears. 



And more than that, Larie was not alone; for there 

 sailed near him in the air and floated beside him in the 

 sea another gull, at whom he did not scream, but to 

 whom he talked pleasantly, saying, ^'me-you, " in a 

 musical tone that she understood. 



Floated beside him in the sea another gull, to whom he- talked pleasantly. 



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