Be 
disturbance has passed. Even the snails 
think it wise to draw in their horns and 
{ shut themselves up in their shells in 
ff case they might get trodden upon and 
iy squashed flat. If you only knew it, 
there are hundreds of bright-eyed, timid 
things waiting for you to pass before 
they can come out to feed; and | 
should think it very likely that they 
wonder sometimes why children make 
such a lot of unnecessary noise. 
Now, play is a very good thing indeed. 
But suppose you have nobody to play 
with, and don’t quite know what to do. 
Then it is that you will find what a 
blessing it is to have something you can 
do by yourself, and do it better than 
when you are with others. 
Suppose you come out for a winter's 
walk along the roadside anywhere, and 
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