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The Cuckoo Clock

CHAPTER VII
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2 with the next deeper shade of the same, and No.

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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