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"Would it be afraid of catching cold?" said Bruno.

"If it got very damp," Sylvie suggested, "it might stick to something, you know."

"And that somefin would have to go by the post, whatever it was!" Bruno eagerly exclaimed. "Suppose it was a cow! Wouldn’t it be dreadful for the other things! "

"And all these things happened to him," said the Professor. "That’s what makes the song so interesting."

"He must have had a very curious life," said Sylvie.

"You may say that!" the Professor heartily rejoined.