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 Duchess ran home feeling uncommonly silly!

When Ribby came out for a pailful of water to wash up the tea-things, she found a pink and white pie-dish lying smashed in the middle of the yard. The patty-pan was under the pump, where Dr. Maggotty had considerately left it.

Ribby stared with amazement—"Did you ever see the like! so there really was a patty-pan? But my patty-pans are all in the kitchen cupboard. Well I never did!  Next time I want to give a party—I will invite Cousin Tabitha Twitchit!"