f meat.
So, while the owls around us sing,
This basket full of food we bring.

We made a raid on market stall,
And took the poultry, fish, and all--.
For Brownies are not slow, be sure,
To do their best to help the poor.

Across the window-sill with care
We'll slide it to her table bare,
And when she wakens up, no doubt,
She'll think her neighbours were about.

PALMER COX.

[Illustration: "SO, WHILE THE OWLS AROUND US SING, THIS BASKET FULL OF
FOOD WE BRING."]

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| "HIS FIRST SKETCH." with opening quotation marks |
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| ITSELF" has been changed to "A LITTLE ANT-EATER SLOWLY |
| UNCOILING ITSELF" with opening quotation marks |
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| LITTLE MARGARET'S KITCHEN |
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