We may leave it here for a while.

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CHAPTER VII.

BEL AND BARTHOLOMEW.

"Kroo! kroo! I've cramp in my legs,

Sitting so long atop of my eggs!

Never a minute for rest to snatch;

I wonder when they are going to hatch!

"Cluck! cluck! listen! tseep!

Down in the nest there's a stir and a peep.