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my lessons. How is that, dear Heart of Nature, 

 for there are so many ivhys that need answers that 

 I'm sure I've forgotten half of them?" 



" Anne, do you remember the password in the 

 land of the Three Hearts ? " 



" Brotherhood ! " said Anne, promptly. 



" Yes, brotherhood an equal sharing. You 

 must listen to each of the Three Hearts if you 

 would understand the Plan. I have but given 

 Heart of Man his turn." 



" Of- course, lessons and books and people mean 

 Heart of Man, but, dear Tree Man, please tell me 

 why do things ever mix up and Winter and Spring 

 interfere, and some animals eat others, and all 

 that? Why does the Plan allow it, and where 

 are all the things that you are never sure whether 

 you have seen or only dreamed ? " 



" The Plan fixes its laws of birth, growth, and 

 death, the beginning and the end ; between these 

 heat and cold, wind, water, tempest and calm, all 

 contend for mastery, and when House People speak 

 of haphazard and mysterious cross-purposes, you 

 know they mean " 



" Wabeno, the Magician ! " cried a shrill voice 

 in the chimney. " Wabeno, the Magician ! " 

 echoed a calmer voice at the keyhole. Anne 

 rubbed her eyes and looked about very much 



