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Again came the sound: "To whit  to who, to whit  to who?" Sounded the voice. AGAIN CAME THE SOUND TO WIT TO WHO TO WIT TO WHO SOUNDED THE VOICE
er than mine." The toad was half asleep when Puck came, but it opened with alertness, its beautiful round bright eyes, set in a rim of gold. Then Puck asked the question: "Oh, thou that carriest a jewel in thy head, are there any things alive that are older than thou art?" "That, I could not be sure of, especially if as many false things are told about them, as are told about me; but when I was a tadpole in the pond, that old hag of an owl was still hooting away, in the treetops, scaring children, as in ages gone. She is older than I. Go and see her. If age makes wise, she is the wisest of all." Puck went into the forest, but at first saw no bird answering to the description given him. He said to himself, "She is, I wonder, who?" He was surprised to hear his question repeated, not as an echo, but by another. Still, he thought it might possibly be his own voice come back. So, in making a catalogue, in his note book, of what he had seen and heard that day, he put down, "To wit--one echo. ITS EYE UNDER THE BIG ROCK YONDER HIS AGE IS GREATER THAN MINE THE TOAD WAS HALF ASLEEP WHEN PUCK CAME BUT IT OPENED WITH ALERTNESS ITS BEAUTIFUL ROUND BRIGHT EYES SET IN A RIM OF GOLD THEN PUCK ASKED THE QUESTION O THOU THAT CARRIEST A JEWEL IN THY HEAD ARE THERE ANY THINGS ALIVE THAT ARE OLDER THAN THOU ART THAT I COULD NOT BE SURE OF ESPECIALLY IF AS MANY FALSE THINGS ARE TOLD ABOUT THEM AS ARE TOLD ABOUT ME BUT WHEN I WAS A TADPOLE IN THE POND THAT OLD HAG OF AN OWL WAS STILL HOOTING AWAY IN THE TREE TOPS SCARING CHILDREN AS IN AGES GONE SHE IS OLDER THAN I GO AND SEE HER IF AGE MAKES WISE SHE IS THE WISEST OF ALL PUCK WENT INTO THE FOREST BUT AT FIRST SAW NO BIRD ANSWERING TO THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN HIM HE SAID TO HIMSELF SHE IS I WONDER WHO HE WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR HIS QUESTION REPEATED NOT AS AN ECHO BUT BY ANOTHER STILL HE THOUGHT IT MIGHT POSSIBLY BE HIS OWN VOICE COME BACK SO IN MAKING CATALOGUE IN HIS NOTE BOOK OF WHAT HE HAD SEEN AND HEARD THAT DAY HE PUT DOWN TO WIT ONE ECHO
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