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So they did. They put the nest right 

 in the porch of his house. It was not 

 high, and it was not hidden, nor was 

 there any moat to their castle. Its only 

 protection was an "influence," and that 

 was invisible; but it was felt all about the 

 porch that is on the lawn that is above 

 the Lake of Wyndygoul. 

 \;W^T^ And there they all sat on a 

 ■^■':f;'"^|t^^J^ warm April morning when the 

 X^%-^^^ nests were made, the Wise One 



tJKf\ J on the rock singing " Phoe-bee," 

 mJ^^^M 2ind the Very Wise One under the 

 "t/^Bk V '^^^ot singing "Phoe-be," and the 

 _..iilll^k \ Foolish One on the porch singing 

 *'Phcebe-e." 



They sang so loudly that a 

 Hawk, passing by, thought, 

 "Something is up," and he looked 

 for the nests; but the one on the 

 rock he could not reach, the one 



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