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“Cxciiia!” said Bob Robin-
son one day in great ex-
citement, “what sort of
creature do you propose to
hatch out of that egg which
now occupies your atten-
tion ?”

«“ Well, Robert,” said
Mrs. R., ‘I was thinking of
the customary thing—a baby
robin.”

«Hum! Well—I have

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