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"It may be that your teeth and
digestion are unaccustomed to
our food; perhaps it might be
wiser for you to return in the
hamper."
"Oh? Oh!" cried Timmy Willie.
"Why of course for the matter of
that we could have sent you back
last week," said Johnny rather
huffily—"did you not know that
the hamper goes back empty on
Saturdays?"
So Timmy Willie said good-bye to
his new friends, and hid in the
hamper with a crumb of cake and
a withered cabbage leaf; and after
much jolting, he was set down
safely in his own garden.