itself. Let us leave it here and take it up when we go back."

"That would be a sensible thing," said Lulu. "I think it also would be very sensible if we ate our lunch now, for then the basket would be much lighter."

They ate their lunch, which tasted very good, as they were hungry after their long climb.

"Now," said Zuzu, "let us ask the Enchanted Banjo to play for us again, and perhaps that will make our hearts lighter also, and then we shall certainly climb very easily."

So now they placed the two pieces of the Banjo together again and it began to play for them a lively air, which had in it some strange things which they had not hitherto heard.

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118HOW THE BIRDS LEARN TO SING

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Once on a time, long, long ago

I went to singing-school

Where all the wee birds in a row

Learned to obey each rule;

The teacher was a Parrot wise

For he alone could talk—

He flapped his wings and blinked his eyes

And scolded at the Hawk.

And the Crow and the Wren

And the little Fat Hen

And the Sparrow and Thrush and Jay

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