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from the kitchen door. " I've got suthin' you won't 

 like to hear, to tell yer, and suthin' yer will like, to 

 show yer, if yer come light down to the barns." 



"Mother! Daddy! Uncle!" called Dodo, rushing 

 into the house a few moments later. "What do you 

 think Billy Coon has done but run away, and Rod says 

 he won't come back, because it's spring and he's gone to 

 the woods to find a mate and hire a house. What else 

 do you think has happened too ? I can't wait to give 

 you three guesses. Daisy has a beautiful little calf, and 

 it's a lovely mousy color, with great eyes like a Deer. 

 Please may I name her Clover? Rod says if she lives 

 to grow up, she will be a fine cow and give as buttery 

 milk as Daisy. Yes ? Then I'll go back right away 

 and tell her what her name is,'^ and Dodo skipped down 

 the walk, singing, " M — mammals ; m — milk! " 



