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came out again and flew to a tree near by and went to picking at 

 the bark. Though I had disturbed it in its slumbers, yet it was 

 not much frightened, and went quietly to work picking the bark 

 as if it had left its retreat calmly without first having had two 

 fingers thrust in the little doorway to keep it from flying out. 



