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could enter mamma's silver thimble. My parties 

 found many of them in the Red Permian Beds of 

 Baylor County, Texas. As the sun rose higher 

 the children became drowsy and we returned to 

 our huts and laid them down in some soft fern 

 leaflets that made a bed as light as eider down. 

 We talked of our wonderful adventures in quiet 

 tones, so as not to disturb them, and before we 

 knew it, we too, had fallen asleep. 



