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and the cream-cups look out for my drink. I just came 
a minute to say good morning.” 
A whole flock of wax-wings took possession of a 
pepper tree and began to throw the seeds down on the 
heads of the birds beneath. “Oh, excuse us,” they 
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said, “we are tourists, and this yard looked so inviting 
we stopped for a few moments. How much do you ask 
a dozen for these pepper berries? We do not have any 
in our country. They are good eating, we find, when 
one has learned how to manage them. You ought not 
to charge us a great price, for they are almost all seed. 
How much do you ask?” 
