And after that Baby tied an empty reel to a thread, and gave it him.
And he quite cheered up, and bobbed the reel, and twinkled his eyes, and said he a little fisherman, trying to catch a Surprise-present for being so truly good and loving.
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Next morning, as Tiny entered the Fort, all the Fellows came rushing out from the shed, shouting,
"Well done, Baby!—Good luck to you both!" for it usually leaks out who has won the Surprise-present for the year, before it is stuck up on the Castle-door.
Then Tiny stopped and said,
"But you don't know."
So all the Fellows crowded round, and they answered,
"No, we don't know. But the Queen got talking to the Junior Subaltern when he went to the Castle for his glass of milk this morning. So we next door to know."
Just then the dear old Colonel came up with Moses on his shoulder, and little Marwy, who had quite recovered from her broken heart, trotting behind.