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that we are n't meant to read in outdoor things as 

 well as human ways, but I reckon that one 's plain 

 enough. It 's that we ought to be keerful not to 

 plant things in our gardens that, when we air gone, 

 will trouble other folks and bring discredit on us." 

 Time o' Year smiled again, as if he could see 

 more meanings than he voiced, and, giving the rope 

 a gentle pull, led the cow down to a clear, quiet 

 pool to drink, the clean Mint fragrance rising from 

 their trail. 



