StNicholas [serial] . ared at her with mingled curi-osity and awe. Flat as a pancake, she had theroundest of heads, the stiffest of necks, the mostangular of hands and feet and skirts; her eyeswere mere dots; her nose an exclamation point,and her hair two single spiral strands dependingfrom the sides of her head just where one wouldhave naturally looked for her ears Well, Marmaduke, dear, said this queerfigure, stroking his head affectionately with itsclaw-like hands, did you call mother? Are youready to say you are sorry now? Marmaduke nodded a yes and tried oncemore to speak. He wanted to sa
StNicholas [serial] . ared at her with mingled curi-osity and awe. Flat as a pancake, she had theroundest of heads, the stiffest of necks, the mostangular of hands and feet and skirts; her eyeswere mere dots; her nose an exclamation point,and her hair two single spiral strands dependingfrom the sides of her head just where one wouldhave naturally looked for her ears Well, Marmaduke, dear, said this queerfigure, stroking his head affectionately with itsclaw-like hands, did you call mother? Are youready to say you are sorry now? Marmaduke nodded a yes and tried oncemore to speak. He wanted to say that he washungry—oh, so hungry—and that he would be asgood as pie if only he could have his the words would nt come; and so he tookhis slate and pencil and attempted to draw hissupper on the other side. He had been in thekitchen early in the afternoon, and knew therewould be roast chicken. This, and his cup ofmilk, with a knife and fork and plate, would beenough, he thought. He was nt a very good ar-. Yes, darling, said she, just as if he hadspoken. I will bring it immediately; and shewas as good as her word. After five minutesabsence she returned to the nursery with anempty plate, a knife and fork and cup, and a livechicken, all precisely like his drawings. Cer-tainly no one had ever seen such an odd-lookingfowl. It had nt a single feather on it, and nowings. As for the cup, it was fully as large asthe chicken, and, as Marmaduke soon discovered,to his intense disgust, absolutely empty. For hehad had no means of drawing the milk. Oncemore, as Marmaduke surveyed his impossible
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