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Down the avenue trotted the children; it was fully half a mile long, and the thick shrubberies on either side rather alarmed the little girl. 'You're _quite_ sure there isn't a tiger in the bushes?' she asked repeatedly. DOWN THE AVENUE TROTTED THE CHILDREN IT WAS FULLY HALF A MILE LONG AND THE THICK SHRUBBERIES ON EITHER SIDE RATHER ALARMED THE LITTLE GIRL YOU'RE QUITE SURE THERE ISN'T A TIGER IN THE BUSHES SHE ASKED REPEATEDLY
d put it down to the climate, and "idle hands find mischief," he says, and father is never idle. If we don't run up and down stairs, where can we run? We like the stairs best, because we never have stairs in India.' [Illustration] 'Send them into the garden, Marion,' called out Miss Amabel, from the garden door; 'I am going to the stables, and then I will look after them.' Little Olive jumped up. 'Oh, let us go out, auntie, and see the pretty flowers.' 'You must be very good children then. Go quietly upstairs, and ask nurse to wrap you up well, as it is rather cold out.' And then Miss Hunter, who found children rather a perplexing problem, walked back to her book and her fireside, and thought no more about them. Roland and Olive danced out of doors a little time after, in delight at finding themselves unattended. 'Now,' said Roland peremptorily, 'we're going for a walk, Olive, and you are not to get tired. And we'll go and find those big iron gates first of all; they're down this road.  TAKE US OUT FATHER SAYS PEOPLE CAN BE IDLE VERY EASILY AND PUT IT DOWN TO THE CLIMATE AND IDLE HANDS FIND MISCHIEF HE SAYS AND FATHER IS NEVER IDLE IF WE DON'T RUN UP AND DOWNSTAIRS WHERE CAN WE RUN WE LIKE THE STAIRS BEST BECAUSE WE NEVER HAD STAIRS IN INDIA SEND THEM INTO THE GARDEN MARIAN CALLED OUT MISS AMABEL FROM THE GARDEN DOOR I AM GOING TO THE STABLES AND THEN I WILL LOOK AFTER THEM LITTLE OLIVE JUMPED UP OH LET US GO OUT AUNTIE AND SEE THE PRETTY FLOWERS YOU MUST BE VERY GOOD CHILDREN THEN GO QUIETLY UPSTAIRS AND ASK NURSE TO WRAP YOU UP WELL AS IT IS RATHER COLD OUT AND THEN MISS HUNTER WHO HAD FOUND CHILDREN RATHER A PERPLEXING PROBLEM WALKED BACK TO HER BOOK AND HER FIRESIDE AND THOUGHT NO MORE ABOUT THEM ROLAND AND OLIVE DANCED OUT OF DOORS A LITTLE TIME AFTER IN DELIGHT AT FINDING THEMSELVES UNATTENDED NOW SAID ROLAND PEREMPTORILY WE'RE GOING FOR A WALK OLIVE AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET TIRED AND WE'LL GO AND FIND THOSE BIG IRON GATES FIRST OF ALL THEY'RE DOWN THIS ROAD
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