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How the First Baby Cuckoo 
shaped ; instead of one hind toe there 
were two, and only two front ones 
instead of three. 
began to grow it began to improve in 
appearance, though before they opened 
out it looked very remarkable, for the 
sprouting feathers on its head looked 
more like bristles than feathers; and 
when it was impatient or bad-tempered, 
which was pretty often, these stuck up 
like the quills on a porcupine, so that 
when it opened its red mouth and hissed 
with anger it was enough to frighten 
most things. It hardly looked like a 
bird at all. Before long, however, it 
began to look really handsome; its 
feathers were all grown and were most 
delicately barred with brown bars, and 
its wings and tail were quite well 
feathered. It was able to leave the 
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