ways wait to be carried over, calling after them 

 if they forgot to do so. It learned to know the 

 friends they visited, and had its favorites 

 among them. At one house was a little child 

 that would pull it about and disturb its 

 feathers, which it disliked intensely. When 

 they arrived at this home for a visit Quack 

 would disappear, but was always within hear- 

 ing. When they were ready to go home they 

 would say, "Come Quack, we are going," and 

 Quack would answer from the dark corner 

 under some chair or sofa and out he would 

 come. 



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