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emerged in the spring, and crept in, and went to 

 sleep. It was pleasant there, and at noontime, on 

 days when the sun shone, it streamed brightly into 

 his doorway, waking him out of his winter sleep. As 

 late as December he would come out occasionally at 





midday to walk about and spread his wings in the 

 sun. Then a snow-storm came, and he disappeared 

 for two Aveeks. 



One clay, when a student was sick, a tumbler of 

 medicine had been carelessly left on the broad win- 

 dow sill. It contained a few lumps of sugar, over 

 which a mixture of whiskey and glycerine had been 



