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friends with the tame rabbits, not hurting 
any of them. 
The boys were well pleased with the result 
of their afternoon’s visit, for Zephyr seemed 
so glad to get home, that she went through 
all her little antics for them, hiding under 
the wood pile, then leaping out to surprise 
them and glancing up in their faces almost 
as if she were laughing, trying races with 
them along the wooded shore. After the 
boys had partaken of the nice little lunch 
that Aida had planned for them, some cake 
and berries, crimson raspberries that had 
grown in the field by the road-side, it was 
time to take the boat for their homeward 
trip. 
Zephyr followed them to the bank a!id 
looked after them as long as there was light 
enough to see t’ e loat. Aida also, watching 
them off, and their dear mother outlujcd 
against the further sh*:;re, waiting their ar- 
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