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The Cuckoo Clock

CHAPTER VII
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Perhaps I could best give you an idea of them by saying that they were like living rainbows.
"Are those the king and queen ?" asked Griselda in a whisper.
"Yes," said the cuckoo.

"Do you admire them ?" "I should rather think I did," said Griselda.

"But, cuckoo, do they never do anything but lie there in the sunshine ?" "Oh, you silly girl," exclaimed the cuckoo, "always jumping at conclusions.

No, indeed, that is not how they manage things in butterfly-land.

The king and queen have worked harder than any other butterflies.


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