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236 had not said the words right. "You girls can't even make a whistle," laughed John.

"That isn't our business; but you can't make a hat like this," said Barunka, showing her brother a hat made of elder leaves and trimmed with daisies.

"Hm, that's nothing!" said John, with a toss of his head.

"Nothing for me, but a good deal for you," laughed Barunka, making a doll out of the pith of elder to match the hat.

John placed the switch on his knee and said to Adelka: "Now, listen and watch how I'm going to do it!" and striking the switch with the handle of his knife, he recited:

The bark was loosened, the whistle made, and when John tried it, it gave out a pleasant sound; but Willie said that it did not whistle nearly as well as Wenzel's old whistle that he used when he watched the cattle. He got tired of making whistles and made a wagon instead, to which he