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The Window-Gazer

CHAPTER V
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Some of the babies are so Japaneesy that it's hard to tell the difference.

Father says it's a strain of the same blood.

But they are not all as pretty as Sami.

Isn't he a duck ?" "He is at home in the rain, anyway.

Why doesn't he come in ?" "He's afraid of you." "That's unusual--until one has seen me." "Sami doesn't need to see a stranger." "Well, that's primitive enough, surely! Let's call him in." "I'd like to, but Sami won't come for calling." "Oh, won't he?
Leave the door open and watch him." As absorbed now as the girl herself, the professor put his finger to his lips and whistled--a low, clear whistle, rather like the calling of a meditative bird.


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