. . Why did I come here? oh! . . .
A fling and a swing and a flap of my wing,
And back to the earth I'll go.

3. Off he shot like a blazing rocket;
Down he came like a falling star.
What should he meet but a gay little goshawk,
Flying up from the earth so far.
Oh! Heigh-ho! . . . Poor little grasshopper, oh! . . .
A snap and a squeak in the bonny bird's beak,
And there was an end of him, oh!

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Transcriber's Notes:

Page 104, opening quote added ("Each cub would)

Page 128, "silver-voiced" was capitalized.

Page 128, closing quotation mark removed. Original read (earth I'll
go.")

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