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" In Whyland the talk I would teach you is 

 of the NEARBY ! The speech of the small river ; 

 of the Fox that drinks of it ; of the Water Snake 

 that spreads its dark folds on the overhanging 

 grape-vine ; of the Red Squirrel in the corn- 

 crib ; of the Mole tunnelling the garden path ; of 

 the Woodchuck slinking through the field ; of the 

 Coon in his tree hollow ; and the Wild Cat 

 that creeps to the wood edge at the first snow- 

 fall. 



"The talk of the feathered brothers as they 

 follow the year around, from the first Bluebird 

 to the great Snowy Owl that comes when the 

 Christmas trees are trimmed. 



"You shall learn the language of the flowers 

 that you tie for a bouquet, of the ferns that live 

 in the deep woods, and are so shy that they speak 

 only to the mosses ; you shall hear the tales that 

 the old trees tell, as they rock to and fro croon- 

 ing. The brotherhood that I may teach you 

 of, is of the Beehive and The Little Beasts Near 

 Home." 



" What must I take with me to Whyland, 

 dear Tree Man ? " asked Tommy- Anne. 



" You need not carry anything but your mind ; 

 for without that you cannot see even through 

 the Magic Spectacles." 



