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thing good to eat, and I went and pecked 

 at it so hard that the sand filled up my 

 bill, and got into my eyes and nose so 

 that I was nearly choked. I pecked at 

 it again and got another dose, and I 

 danced and shook my head real hard in 

 order to get the tickling stuff out of my 

 nose and bill. Fessor and Edith stood 

 by looking on, and how they laughed ! 

 They laughed, and laughed, and laughed 

 again, for I had to scratch my head all 

 over with my foot to make it feel com- 

 fortable after all that sand. 



Then Fessor came and said : " Now 

 you wait, Scraggles, and I '11 show you 

 how to take a sand bath." And he took 

 a handful of the sand and sprinkled it all 

 over me, and as it trickled through my 

 feathers onto my skin, how good it felt ! 

 He did this several times, and then all at 

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