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HE Goose-egg Moon held m^ny cold, dreary 

 days, in spite of the fact that the Ruffed 

 Grouse had given the Spring Signal and Hyla 

 Pickering and his orchestra tuned up persistently 

 every evening. 



" We can't go out to find any whys this after- 

 noon," said Anne to Waddles, as they stood look- 

 ing disconsolately out of the study window down 

 toward the barns. The rain was falling in sheets, 

 beating the fuzzy catkins off the trees and bury- 



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