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soon saw too, that nothing but some animal could have
made the trail; how close it went to tree trunks, when
the boughs of the tree would have made a person walk
around; how it crept under a wire fence, how it
went to the brook.  We noticed on the opposite side
when the trail continued.  Here, too, we had to give up
the trail for we could not follow, without much risk of 
getting wet feet.  The rocks were there, but looked very
treacherous indeed with their thick covering of snow.  How
beautiful the brook looked with its many islands of pure
white snow!  We now continued along the side of the
brook.  We had not gone very far when we heard the
sweet music of some happy bird.  We stopped and listened.
How sweet it sounded out in this snow-covered wood
and the snow falling!  We heard it repeat its song
which consisted of but a few notes several times but
failed to see the bird.  We continued our tramp, stopping 
frequently to admire the many beautiful scenes
around us.  Before reaching our new spring we noticed another
trail, similar to the one already noticed, it too led to the brook
        