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 would cry, "Coo!" and how surprised they would be!

Up she scrambled as swiftly as a squirrel, higher, higher, till she was in the very tiptop. Then she nimbly walked out on a branch, and as it swung to and fro, she found herself very near the eaves of the house.

Then a sudden thought struck her. She would jump and catch hold of the projecting edge. Perhaps she could sit there and swing her feet; and, after frightening the girls a while, and having fun with the people passing by, she would go down the same way she came up.

She carried out this program to the letter, except that she miscalculated. When she jumped, the branch, relieved of her weight, flew back to its