. Half-past bedtime . however, early inMay, and Cuthbert told Marian all about them, she saidat first that she wouldnt believe in them, becauseCuthbert hadnt believed in Mr Jugg. But Cuthberthad grown wiser and less conceited, and he told Marianthat he had changed his mind. So Marian believed inthem, and her daddy was rather pleased, because therewere more things under the earth, he said, than mostpeople imagined. 57 Not a twig that learned to climbIn the babyhood of time, Not a bud that broke the airIn the days before men were, Not a bird that tossed in flightEre the first man walked upright,
. Half-past bedtime . however, early inMay, and Cuthbert told Marian all about them, she saidat first that she wouldnt believe in them, becauseCuthbert hadnt believed in Mr Jugg. But Cuthberthad grown wiser and less conceited, and he told Marianthat he had changed his mind. So Marian believed inthem, and her daddy was rather pleased, because therewere more things under the earth, he said, than mostpeople imagined. 57 Not a twig that learned to climbIn the babyhood of time, Not a bud that broke the airIn the days before men were, Not a bird that tossed in flightEre the first man walked upright, Nor a bee with craftier cellThan a Roman citadel, But, with all its pride and pain,Into dust crept back again. Oh, what wisdom there must beHidden in the earth and me ! UNCLE JOES STORY 11/ II • I I ill i ^ili^^ ; Tjl •», I, H|lil|| |, /,,, , «! ,;, i i .In. i^A fcilSi^Si» [«i1,Sil»V!;»!^ ia|lW ihl1 illi ll/ll.) i)u , i UUll i I pS; li .,!«! III/III M/MI, ii i i • i 1 i .. IV UNCLE JOES STORY MARIANS mummy used to read the Bible to her,so that she knew all about Adam and Eve ; butshe never knew that Eve had a little daughteruntil Uncle Joe told her this story. Next to her mummyand daddy, Marian loved Uncle Joe better than anybodyin the whole world. He lived in a little house tuckedinto a sort of dimple on the side of Fairbarrow Down,and a man called Mr Parker lived with him and helpedto keep the place tidy. Uncle Joe had been a soldier ina lot of queer countries a long way off; and when Marianand Cuthbert asked him what he had fought for, hegenerally used to tell them that it was for lost between wars he had done lots of other things, suchas trying to find out what caused diseases, or whetherplants that grew in some places could be made to growin others. Mr Parker had been a soldier too—a soldierof misfortune, he used to say—and he had saved UncleJoes life three times, and Uncle Joe had saved his lifetwice. Uncle Joes
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