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She saw a glint of scarlet among the leaves. 

 " Polly, Polly ! " she called. " Come, Polly." 



The parrot only flapped its wings as if to fly. 



" I'll give a dollar to anyone who'll get that par- 

 rot for me," said the lady. 



One of the boys crawled slowly out on the limb 

 where the parrot sat. He put out his hand. 

 " Poor Polly ! " said the parrot, and away it flew. 

 The boys tried to follow it, but they lost sight of 

 it after a while. 



The mistress never knew how Polly had escaped, 

 — whether some one had left the cage door un- 

 fastened, or whether the parrot had learned to 

 unhook it for itself. But she never saw her pet 

 again, though she advertised and offered a reward. 

 She never had another parrot. She said she was 

 too unlucky with them. 



THE PET LAMB 



A BLIZZARD had been raging all -night long. 

 The air was white with flakes of snow ; the wind 

 howled across the fields ; in some places it heaped 



