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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. 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
e than affords me room to roost on. "What made it so small, do you ask? "Well, all I have clone to wear it away, has been to wipe my beak on it, every night, before I go to sleep, and in the morning to brush it with the tips of my wing." Even Puck, fairy though he was, was astonished at this. But the blackbird added: "Go to the toad, that blinks 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: "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. COULD HARDLY MOVE IT YET TO DAY IT HARDLY MORE THAN AFFORDS ME ROOM TO ROOST ON WHAT MADE IT SO SMALL DO YOU ASK WELL ALL I HAVE CLOWN TO WEAR IT AWAY HAS BEEN TO WIPE MY BEAK ON IT EVERY NIGHT BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP AND IN THE MORNING TO BRUSH IT WITH THE TIPS OF MY WING EVEN PUCK FAIRY THOUGH HE WAS WAS ASTONISHED AT THIS BUT THE BLACKBIRD ADDED GO TO THE TOAD THAT BLINKS 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
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