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 N the fourth day the squirrels brought a present of six fat beetles, which were as good as plums in plum-pudding for Old Brown. Each beetle was wrapped up carefully in a dock-leaf, fastened with a pine-needle-pin.

But Nutkin sang as rudely as ever—

Which was ridiculous of Nutkin, because he had not got any ring to give to Old Brown.