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Looking up through the veil of green leaves above him to the sunny blue sky beyond, he stood with clasped hands and parted lips for a moment or two in perfect silence. The soft wind played gently with his curls, and rustled amongst the leafy boughs overhead, and in the distance the birds' sweet voices were the only sounds that met his ears. LOOKING UP THROUGH THE VEIL OF GREEN LEAVES ABOVE HIM TO THE SUNNY BLUE SKY BEYOND HE STOOD WITH CLASPED HANDS AND PARTED LIPS FOR A MOMENT OR TWO IN PERFECT SILENCE THE SOFT WIND PLAYED GENTLY WITH HIS CURLS AND RUSTLED AMONGST THE LEAFY BOUGHS OVERHEAD AND IN THE DISTANCE THE BIRD'S SWEET VOICES WERE THE ONLY SOUNDS THAT MET HIS EARS
 but had slipped away the minute school was over, and was soon dodging in and out of the thick overhanging trees along the edge of his favourite stream. His little feet sped swiftly along, and as he ran he talked in a whisper to himself, which was his way when anything special was weighing on his mind. 'I'll go right into the wood, and get under a thick tree. I won't let a squirrel see me, nor even a rabbit. I must be quite quiet, and it must be like church, and I shan't come away till I've done it.' Into the wood he went, but he was hard to satisfy; roaming here and there, peeping round corners, and thrusting his curly head in amongst the bushes, it was fully half an hour before he chose his spot. It was a secluded little nook under an old oak-tree, where the moss grew thick and green, and bushes of all sorts and sizes formed a natural bower round the gnarled trunk. In front of this tree Teddy stood, and then, half shyly, half reverently, he took off his cap and laid it on the ground. HE GAME HE HAD NOT BEEN KEPT IN BUT HAD SLIPPED AWAY THE MINUTE SCHOOL WAS OVER AND WAS SOON DODGING IN AND OUT OF THE THICK OVERHANGING TREES ALONG THE EDGE OF HIS FAVORITE STREAM HIS LITTLE FEET SPED SWIFTLY ALONG AND AS HE RAN HE TALKED IN A WHISPER TO HIMSELF WHICH WAS HIS WAY WHEN ANYTHING SPECIAL WAS WEIGHING ON HIS MIND I'LL GO RIGHT INTO THE WOOD GET UNDER A THICK TREE I WON'T LET A SQUIRREL SEE ME NOR EVEN A RABBIT I MUST BE QUITE QUIET AND IT MUST BE LIKE CHURCH AND I SHA'N'T COME AWAY TILL I'VE DONE IT INTO THE WOOD HE WENT BUT HE WAS HARD TO SATISFY ROAMING HERE AND THERE PEEPING ROUND CORNERS AND THRUSTING HIS CURLY HEAD IN AMONGST THE BUSHES IT WAS FULLY HALF AN HOUR BEFORE HE CHOSE THIS SPOT IT WAS A SECLUDED LITTLE NOOK UNDER AN OLD OAK TREE WHERE THE MOSS GREW THICK AND GREEN AND BUSHES OF ALL SORTS AND SIZES FORMED A NATURAL BOWER ROUND THE GNARLED TRUNK IN FRONT OF THIS TREE TEDDY STOOD AND THEN HALF SHYLY HALF REVERENTLY HE TOOK OFF HIS CAP AND LAID IT ON THE GROUND
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