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 things to tell, or have such strange treasures in your toy-cupboard."

Miss Miranda smiled. She seemed quite brave and cheerful again.

"People all have toy-cupboards," she answered, "hidden away somewhere in their hearts and minds. There are many who keep them always locked, store their memories and treasures there and never look at them again. But I think you should keep the doors open and, when things go wrong, when you are tired and discouraged and your spirit fails, you should take out your treasures and go over the beautiful things of the past and let yourself see again the quaint and curious and happy things that your life has held. If you do that I think you can never be quite unhappy, never can quite lose courage, never really grow old."