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Mrs. Carey held Peter, then a crowing baby, in her lap. Gilbert was tickling Peter's chin with a buttercup, Nancy was putting a wreath of leaves on her mother's hair, and Kathleen was swinging from an apple tree bough, her yellow curls flying. "Might I inquire what you think of that?" asked the father. MISSUS CAREY HELD PETER THEN A CROWING BABY IN HER LAP GILBERT WAS TICKLING PETER'S CHIN WITH A BUTTERCUP NANCY WAS PUTTING A WREATH OF LEAVES ON HER MOTHER'S HAIR AND KATHLEEN WAS SWINGING FROM AN APPLE TREE BOUGH HER YELLOW CURLS FLYING MIGHT I INQUIRE WHAT YOU THINK OF THAT ASKED THE FATHER
cy, leaning on the gate, shivering with cold and emotion. "There never was, and there never will be! We can try and try, Kathleen, and we _must_ try, all of us; but mother wouldn't have to try; mother must have been partly born so!" II THE CHICKENS It was Captain Carey's favorite Admiral who was responsible for the phrase by which mother and children had been known for some years. The Captain (then a Lieutenant) had brought his friend home one Saturday afternoon a little earlier than had been expected, and they went to find the family in the garden. Laughter and the sound of voices led them to the summer-house, and as they parted the syringa bushes they looked through them and surprised the charming group. A throng of children like to flowers were sown About the grass beside, or climbed her knee. I looked who were that favored company. That is the way a poet would have described what the Admiral saw, and if you want to see anything truly and beautifully you must generally go to a poet. CAREY'S CHICKENS THIS IS A LIBER FOX RECORDING ALL LIBER FOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OUGHT VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERFOX DOT ORGUE RECORDING BY ASHLEY JANE MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGINS CHAPTER TWO THE CHICKENS IT WAS CAPTAIN CAREY'S FAVORITE ADMIRAL WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PHRASE BY WHICH MOTHER AND CHILDREN HAD BEEN KNOWN FOR SOME YEARS THE CAPTAIN THEN A LIEUTENANT HAD BROUGHT HIS FRIEND HOME ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON A LITTLE EARLIER THAN HAD BEEN EXPECTED AND THEY WENT TO FIND THE FAMILY IN THE GARDEN LAUGHTER AND A SOUND OF VOICES LED THEM TO THE SUMMER HOUSE AND AS THEY PARTED WITH SYRINGA BUSHES THEY LOOKED THROUGH THEM AND SURPRISED THE CHARMING GROUP A THRONG OF CHILDREN LIKE TO FLOWERS WERE SOWN ABOUT THE GRASS BESIDE OR CLIMBED HER KNEE I LOOKED TOO WITH A FAVORED COMPANY THAT IS THE WAY A POET WOULD HAVE DESCRIBED WHAT THE ADMIRAL SAW AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE ANYTHING TRULY AND BEAUTIFULLY YOU MUST GENERALLY GO TO A POET
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