[The Cuckoo Clock by Mrs. Molesworth]@TWC D-Link bookThe Cuckoo Clock CHAPTER VII 6/21
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3 bringing up the rear. Griselda gave a little sigh. "What's the matter ?" said the cuckoo. "They work very hard," she replied, in a melancholy tone. "It's a busy time of year," observed the cuckoo, drily. After a while they came to what seemed to be a sort of centre to the garden.
It was a huge glass house, with numberless doors, in and out of which butterflies were incessantly flying--reminding Griselda again of bees and a beehive.
But she made no remark till the cuckoo spoke again. "Come in," he said. Griselda had to stoop a good deal, but she did manage to get in without knocking her head or doing any damage.
Inside was just a mass of butterflies.
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