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shepherd boy—and the sneeze of the baby, the
shriek of the Gryphon, and all the other gueer .
noises, would change (she knew) to the con¬
fused clamour of the busy farm-yard—while the
lowing of the cattle in the distance would take
the place of the Mock Turtle’s heavy sobs.
Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same
little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be
herself a grown woman; and how she would
keep, through all her riper years, the simple and
loving heart of her childhood: and how she
would gather about her other little children, and
make their eyes bright and eager with many a
strange tale, perhaps ever with the dream of
Wonderland of long ago: and how she would
feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a
pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering
her own child-life, and the happy summer days.
THE END.
R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS, LONDON,