The Happy Garden 



garden shed. The cost of the whole thing, was in 

 detail : 



The gold fish were bought to replace those eaten 

 by the ducks. The tragedy has been kept a close 

 secret from Hookie's father, and I hope that he 

 will never know the fate of the greater part of his 

 generous contribution to the new garden. Wear 

 and tear and labour do not figure in the account, 

 for they were a matter of love, and cannot be 

 translated into terms of money. 



The building of the bridge was accomplished 

 without loss of life, except that of such weeds, 

 slugs, worms, wire-worms, and grubs as were 

 unearthed in the process. It forms the main 

 entrance to the garden, and was opened with 

 ceremony by the Newfoundland who marched to 

 and fro across it three times, and in a neat little 



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