THE MAGIC SPECTACLES , 



IT was so bright out of doors that particular 

 May morning that the house seemed very dark 

 and lonely by comparison. But then, to be sure, 

 Tommy-Anne never liked to stay indoors, and 

 everything was beckoning and calling ; so many 

 strange birds winging over the garden, so many 

 strange shapes slipping through the grass. The 

 wind blowing from the hill called : " Come out, 

 if you wish to see things grow ! " whispering to 

 the woods as it hurried through : " Make haste, 

 old Oaks, unfurl your flags ; summer will soon 

 be here." 



Tommy-Anne was not, as might be supposed, 

 a pair of twins, but a little girl with no brothers 

 or sisters. Her real name was Diana, which had 



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