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Nancy did this sort of improvising every now and then, and had done it from earliest childhood; and sometimes, of late, Mother Carey looked at her eldest chicken and wondered if after all she had hatched in her a bird of brighter plumage or rarer song than the rest, or a young eagle whose strong wings would bear her to a higher flight! NANCY DID THIS SORT OF IMPROVISING EVERY NOW AND THEN AND HAD DONE IT FROM EARLIEST CHILDHOOD AND SOMETIMES OF LATE MOTHER CAREY LOOKED AT HER OLDEST CHICKEN AND WONDERED AFTER ALL SHE HAD HATCHED IN HER A BIRD OF BRIGHTER PLUMAGE OR RARER SONG THAN THE REST OR YOUNG EAGLE WHOSE STRONG WINGS WOULD BEAR HER TO HIGHER FLIGHT
laims of my brother, not my equal perhaps, but still a gallant youth.' "'I will enter him on my waiting list as number Three Hundred and Seventeen,' responds the Crown Princess Kitty, than whom no violet could be more shy. ''Tis all he can expect and more than I should promise.' "So they all lived in the yellow castle in great happiness forever after, and were buried by the shores of the shining river of Beulah!--Does that suit you better?" "Simply lovely!" cried Kitty, "and the bit about my modesty is too funny for words!--Oh, if some of it would only happen! But I am afraid Gilbert will not stir up any fairy stories and set them going." "Some of it will happen!" exclaimed Peter. "I shall dig every single day till I find the gold-pots." "You are a pot of gold yourself, filled full and running over!" "Now, Nancy, run and write down your fairy tale while you remember it!" said Mother Carey. "It is as good an exercise as any other, and you still tell a story far better than you write it! O BEG THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS TO CONSIDER THE CLAIMS OF MY BROTHER NOT MY EQUAL PERHAPS BUT STILL A GALLANT YOUTH I WILL ENTER HIM ON MY WAITING LIST AS NUMBER THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN RESPONDS THE CROWN PRINCESS KITTY THAN WHOM NO VIOLET COULD BE MORE SHY TIS ALL HE CAN EXPECT AND MORE THAT I SHOULD PROMISE SO THEY ALL LIVED IN THE YELLOW CASTLE IN GREAT HAPPINESS FOR EVER AFTER AND WERE BURIED BY THE SHORES OF THE SHINING RIVER OF BEULAH DOES THAT SUIT YOU BETTER SIMPLY LOVELY CRIED KITTY AND THE BIT ABOUT MY MODESTY IS TOO FUNNY FOR WORDS OH IF SOME OF IT WOULD ONLY HAPPEN BUT I'M AFRAID GILBERT WILL NOT STIR UP ANY FAIRY STALES AND SET THEM GOING SOME OF IT WILL HAPPEN EXCLAIMED PETER I SHALL TAKE EVERY SINGLE DAY TILL I FIND THE GOLD POTS YOU ARE A GOLD POT YOURSELF FILLED FULL AND RUNNING OVER NOW NANCY RUN AND WRITE DOWN YOUR FAIRY TALE WHILE REMEMBER IT SAID MOTHER CAREY IT IS AS GOOD AS EXERCISE AS ANY OTHER AND YOU STILL TELL A STORY FAR BETTER THAN YOU WRITE IT
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