And she rushed out into the hall and began to
tug violently at the big bundle, tossed down in a corner. "Cherry'll
die--Cherry'll die!" she cried, "do somebody help me off with the
string!"

But Polly already had it off by the time Jasper's knife was half out
of his pocket, and was kneeling down on the floor scooping out a big
handful of the seed.

"Don't hurry so, Polly," said Jasper, as she jumped up to fly up-stairs.
"He's had some a perfect age--he's all right."

"What!" said Polly, stopping so suddenly that two or three little seeds
flew out of the outstretched hand and went dancing away to the foot of
the stairs by themselves.

"Oh, I heard him scolding away there when I first came home," said
Jasper, "so I just ran down a block or two, and got him some."

"Is that all there is in that big bundle?" said Joel in a disappointed
tone, who had followed with extreme curiosity to see its contents.
"Phoo!--that's no fun--old bird-seed!"

"I know," said Polly with a gay little laugh, pointing with the handful
of seed into the library, "but I shouldn't have met the other big bundle
if it hadn't have been for this, Joe!"

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