`` All wet with dew , They wait for you : Come hither , and eat your fill , While I gayly sing , In my airy swing , And the sun climbs up the hill . '' `` Did he really say that ? '' cried Daisy , watching the bob-o-link , who sat swaying up and down on the green bough , and nodding his white-capped head at her in the most friendly manner . `` Perhaps I did n't translate it rightly ; for it is very hard to put bird-notes into our language , because we have n't words soft and sweet enough . But I really think there are berries over there , and we will see if what he says is true , '' said Wee . Over the wall they went , and there , on a sunny bank , found a bed of the reddest , ripest berries ever seen . `` Thank you , thank you , for telling me to hurry up , and showing me such a splendid feast , '' said Daisy , with her mouth full , as she nodded back at the birds . `` These are so much sweeter than those we buy . I 'd carry some home to mamma , if I only had a basket . '' `` You can pick this great leaf full , while I make you a basket , '' said Wee . Daisy soon filled the leaf , and then sat watching her aunt plait a pretty basket of rushes . While she waited she looked about , and kept finding something curious or pleasant to interest and amuse her . First she saw a tiny rainbow in a dewdrop that hung on a blade of grass ; then she watched a frisky calf come down to drink on the other side of the brook , and laughed to see him scamper away with his tail in the air . Close by grew a pitcher-plant ; and a yellow butterfly sat on the edge , bathing its feet , Daisy said . Presently she discovered a little ground bird sitting on her nest , and peeping anxiously , as if undecided whether to fly away or trust her . `` I wo n't hurt you , little mother . Do n't be afraid , '' whispered the child ; and , as if it understood , the bird settled down on her nest with a comfortable chirp , while its mate hopped up to give her a nice plump worm for breakfast . `` I love birds . Tell me something about them , Aunt Wee . You must know many things ; for they like you , and come when you call . ''
`` Once upon a time , '' began XXXXX , while her fingers flew and the pretty basket grew , `` there was a great snow-storm , and all the country was covered with a thick white quilt .
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