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DICKON 123neater and smaller packages with a picture of aflower on each one." <strong>The</strong>re's a lot o' mignonette an' poppies," hesaid." Mignonette's th' sweetest smellin' thingas grows, an' it'll grow wherever you cast it, samean' bloomas poppies will. <strong>The</strong>m as'll come upif you just whistle to 'em, them's th' nicest of all."He stopped and turned his head quickly, hispoppy-cheeked face lighting up." Where's that robin as is callin' us?''he said.<strong>The</strong> chirp came from a thick holly bush, brightwith scarlet berries, and Mary thought she knewwhose it was.aIs it really calling us? " she asked.aAye," said Dickon, as if it was the most naturalthing in the world, " he's callin' some one he's'friends with. That's same as sayin' Here Iam. Look at me. I wants a bit of a chat.'<strong>The</strong>re he is in the bush. Whose is he ? '" He's Ben Weatherstaff's, but I think he knowsme a little,"answered Mary."Aye, he knows thee," said Dickon in his lowvoice again." An' he likes thee. He's took theeon. He'll tell me all about thee in a minute."He moved quite close to the bush with the slowmovement Mary had noticed before, and then hemade a sound almost like the robin's own twitter.<strong>The</strong> robin listened a few seconds, intently, and

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