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time, a little food, and presto ! we are beautiful 

 birds. While those others, do as many tricks and 

 changes as Wabeno who was juggler to the Red 

 Brothers. You should see the 

 horrible thing that the Hawk 

 Moth grows from, and you would 

 never think of mistaking us again." 



" Oh, do tell me about all the 

 tricks, and more about the Hawk 

 Moth." 



Ruby-throat said something about 

 "asking the Hawk himself," and 

 was gone with a whirr and a flash. 



"How do you do, Tommy-Anne?" said Git- 

 che-ah-mo, the Bumble-bee, his legs dragging 

 heavily with the weight of the gold dust upon 

 them. " When I saw you last, everything smelled 

 of lilacs, and now the perfume has changed to 

 grape flowers and roses ; but whatever it is, it 

 means work for some of us bees. So you wish 

 to know which is the greatest family in the 

 Flower Market? The answer depends greatly 

 upon whom you ask. A cow or a sheep would 

 probably "say the Grass, but I think that the birds 

 and the House People would agree upon the Rose 

 Family." 



" Do birds care for roses? " 



