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broken in half, and Tommy is up stairs, and Tm 

 down here! You see I have a little brother, who 

 came before light, and as I didn't expect him, I 

 had no Christmas present ready for him, so father 

 said that I might give him half of my name, the 

 Tommy-half, and I did. Then I gave him half 

 of Waddles too, the tail half, because I thought 

 it would wag and amuse him. And so I'm not 

 Tommy-Anne any longer, but Di-ana. 



" I always thought Di-ana was a horrid name, 

 called after that stuffy old idol that belonged to 

 the Ephesians; but father says that there were 

 several Dianas long ago, and that one was a very 

 jolly person, who kept a great many dogs and 

 went hunting in the woods whenever she pleased, 

 and never tore her clothes ! So now I'm more 

 reconciled to my name, and I'll adopt this hunt- 

 ing-lad}r to be my fairy godmother." 



Then a tap came at the window, and she flew 

 to open it, and in fluttered nearly a dozen birds 

 led by Waw-be-ko-ko, and though they were a 

 little dazed by the light, they did not forget their 

 manners, and bowed to Tommy-Anne with great 

 politeness, as she pointed to the clothes-rack, 

 upon which they immediately perched. 



" Very kind and thoughtful of you, I'm sure," 

 said Waw-be-ko-ko; "most charming perch. If 



