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THE NORTHLAND BIRD LIFE 
Little Brown Seal enjoyed this more than 
ever. He was very much older than Baby 
and wouldn’t make such a queer mistake. 
He was just going to tell her how it all was 
when Baby said something which told him 
it might be much better to let her find things 
out for herself, a little at a time. 
“Good! good!” she exclaimed, clapping 
her wings louder than ever, “I believe I 
can get thousands and thousands of those 
little pieces under each wing and go flying 
away over the sky which is all falling down!” 
This was such a strange idea that Little 
Brown Seal had to laugh in spite of him¬ 
self, but Baby thought he was just laughing 
for joy and felt more sure than ever that 
she could do it. 
I shouldn’t be at all surprised if you 
could,” said Little Brown Seal after a while. 
“It would not be strange at all.” 
Then, with her heart beating very loudly 
Baby gave a great spring out of the water 
at the same time spreading each wing over 
