Or hear a carol sweet and strong

From the Canary's throat,

I smile, and sometimes beat the time

For very well I know

How each one learned his music's chime

While standing in a row

When the Crow and the Wren

And the little Fat Hen

And the Sparrow and Thrush and Jay

Were taught how the notes

Must come from their throats

In quite the particular way.

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120

CHAPTER XXII

THE BUMBLEBEE EXPRESS

The three now sat in a row and were not unhappy, for their hearts felt very light. At last the Banjo said: "My young friends, it is not true that I am a Fairy, although I have told you that I was born in Fairy-land and that my parents were good Fairies as well. Now, I did not like to say much to you before this time, although the truth is that had you not taken me with you to the Fairy Valley, I could not have gone there at all."

"How, then, did you come to leave the Valley of the Fairies?" asked Lulu.

121"Once, long ago," 

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