THE MAGIC CITY 



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So it came about that the Naturalist told the 

 girl about the Magic City, and together they 

 went to see the inhabitants and the wonderful 

 way in which they lived. 



It was June when the little girl visited the 



The Naturalist then lifted out a frame which was filled with comb and covered 

 with bees. 



Naturalist, and the wood and the fields were 

 as green as green. The birds were singing 

 gaily in the trees above the study, and crick- 

 ets and frogs sang their evening chorus after 

 the birds had finished their daily concert. 

 Finding it too much like the city in the study, 

 the little girl took the Naturalist by the hand 

 and led him outside under the big walnut and 

 sat down on the grass. 



