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38 "Splendid!" said Plum-Blossom; and then being little girls,—and Japanese little girls in particular,—they began to giggle, because it really did seem such a funny scheme. Only ten minutes before they had been shaking with fear, and now they were shaking with laughter.

They laughed till they cried.

"Suppose we could not get in?" suggested Plum-Blossom with sudden doubt.

"Of course we can get in," replied her sister, "and to prove it we will get in now.

"Oh no, I don't want to!"

"You always don't want to!" said Cherry-Bloom. "Just do as you see me do."

"But suppose we could n't get out again,"—timidly.

"Suppose—suppose! Now look at me!"

Cherry-Bloom mounted on the stone base, and climbing with some difficulty