WOODMYTH & FABLE 



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**Oh, ho!" said the Jay, "this is good 

 luck, but not enough. I know that 

 Phoebes lay more than one egg. I can 

 wait." So, though his beak watered a 

 little, he let it alone and went — but no; 

 he did not go to the porch, because the 

 man had made an "influence" there, and 

 it was repugnant to the Blue Jay. 



And the three little Phoebes sang mer- 

 rily their morning-song in the trees by the 

 Lake of Wyndygoul. 



Next morning the Blue Jay went over 

 to the rock nest, and there was one egg 

 in it, and he said: "Very good as far as 

 it goes, but I can wait. I 11 see you later." 



Then he went to the nest under the 

 root, — a very hard nest to find it had been, 

 — and there were two eggs. The Blue 

 Jay turned his wicked head on one side 

 and counted them with his right eye, then 

 on the other side and counted them with 



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