PIRATES AGAIN 
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thousands and thousands of pieces of the 
sky. Up she went right into the air just 
jumping from one thousand of pieces to 
another with every fresh flap of her strong 
wings. Away, and away she went till she 
was hid by the bits of sky and Little Brown 
Seal saw her no more. 
“She is just like a great many other people 
in the world,” said Little Brown Seal to 
himself, “She needs to think she has some¬ 
thing a little extra to hold her up. Those 
little bits of snow wouldn’t hold up the 
least bit of moss blown about by a summer 
breeze, but she didn’t know that. Her 
wings were strong enough all the time and 
now she will go flying home to her friends 
and her mother. I shall miss her very much 
but winter will be here very quickly and 
she would have starved on the ice while I 
can have my home right where it is thickest. 
Next spring I shall see her again. Then 
he gave a little flip and was gone. 
On and on Little Baby Laughing Loon 
went fast as the wind. Such fun as it was 
