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pened. She felt Kittle Wake let go, and 
she dropped. The instant her feet touched 
the water, she dived! Dived deep! And 
it may be that Ivory Gull didn’t even know 
she was gone, for he went right on chasing 
Kittle Wake. 
Probably no one will ever know whether 
Kittle Wake had begun to feel sorry for 
Baby Laughing Loon and had dropped her 
on that account, or whether he thought he 
would come back and find her after Ivory 
Gull was gone. But however it was, he 
didn’t find her, for she began to swim with 
might and main for Happy Island, and she 
reached home just as her mother, who had 
given her up for lost, was preparing a sup¬ 
per of shrimps for the other bird children. 
It was a happy family that sat down to 
eat that night, you may be sure. And we 
may also be sure of another thing—that 
Mrs. Laughing Loon never tried to take her 
whole family to another grand concert un¬ 
less Papa Laughing Loon went along to 
help look after the younger children. 
