. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . 86 THE ADVENTURES OF PETERKIN Why, silence is when there is no noise. What is noise? she scrawled. Poor Peterkin had to give it up after that. He tried todescribe to her what the wind was like when it roared inwintry weather—or how the birds sing at evening in thewoods—or how men can understand each others smiles andscowls by simple noises which they make with their she only shrugged her shoulders and sighed. At anyrate, Peterkin thought it was a sigh—but he could nothear it. So he marched along at her side in strange silence, mak-ing no noise an
. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . 86 THE ADVENTURES OF PETERKIN Why, silence is when there is no noise. What is noise? she scrawled. Poor Peterkin had to give it up after that. He tried todescribe to her what the wind was like when it roared inwintry weather—or how the birds sing at evening in thewoods—or how men can understand each others smiles andscowls by simple noises which they make with their she only shrugged her shoulders and sighed. At anyrate, Peterkin thought it was a sigh—but he could nothear it. So he marched along at her side in strange silence, mak-ing no noise and hearing none, until they came into thecenter of a little .<jBJi^
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