THE HERO ENTERS SUDDENLY 



of extracting certain roots other than 

 Greek or Latin, while mamma was no 

 doubt at a greengrocer's, making selec- 

 tions for lunch. 



Allowing myself time for only a hurried 

 survey of the babies, I tenderly tucked 

 them up again in the soft, warm coverlet 

 (lined with fur from the parents' old coats, 

 by the way), and I left the nursery before 

 the heads of the house had time to witness 

 my intrusion. 



They all learned to know me after a 

 while; and as their fear decreased, they 

 sought my neighborhood instead of avoid- 

 ing it. 



I never became thoroughly acquainted 

 with that clever entomologist, the toad, un- 

 til Chupes and Jenny introduced me to him. 

 We were quietly stationed in his neighbor- 

 hood one afternoon, not even suspecting 

 his presence, when, all at once, a gentle 

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