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CITIZEN BIRD 



" I think a cool bird will be very nice for a warm 

 clay," said Dodo. " Something like soda water and ice 

 cream. That makes me think — Mammy Bun was 

 cracking ice this morning, and I wonder Avhat for ! " 



" I wonder ! " said Olive, laughing. 



"I know," said Nat, who was a tease; "it must be 

 to bake a cake with ! " 



Snowflake. 



" Here is a nice place for us," said the Doctor, who 

 had walked on ahead, " where we can see over the lields 

 and into the w^oods by only turning our heads, and the 

 moss is so dry that we may sit anywliere we please. 



" The trees are in full leaf now," he continued, look- 

 ing up as he leaned comfortably against the trunk of 

 an oak that spread its high root ridges on each side 

 of him like the arms of a chair. " The spring flowers 



