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6 Her eggs were laid in a  [[strikethrough]]peo  [[/strikethrough]]hollow between [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] protecting roots, the tree [[strikethrough]] lent[[/strikethrough]] cast [[insert]]^over [[/insert]] her the disguise of its gray robe, and the earth with its brown leaves concealed her form. The sun too, slanting through the leaves, did its part in caring for her safety for its light on the [[insert]]^brown [[/insert]] leaves made the white [[strikethrough]] feather markings [[/strikethrough]] touches on her dress appear as dappling light in the dim forest. [[strikethrough]] Prolic [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] Under [[strikethrough]] frolicking [[/strikethrough]] shielding branches /[[strikethrough]] little partridges [[/strikethrough]] downy [[?]] brood broke through their shells, were fed at the[[underline]] foot of [[the?]]
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 7) off end of the shell was neatly tucked. It is also [[insert]] so [[/insert]] sad to see the last of a little family one has watched +[[strikethrough]] and[[/strikethrough]] it seemed as if the old tree must miss the patient mother who had brooded so long & trustingly at her feet.

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The two pages overlap slightly in the scanned image; missing part of the top page appears in p. 16. Note that / means "the."