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How many boys and girls are there in this kingdom to whom the word coconut connotes an ingredient which goes to the making of a very toothsome sweetie? And how many confectioners and shop girls are there whose idea is no broader? Again: "I laye a-thynkynge, a-thynkynge, a-thynkynge, And merrie sang the Birde as she sat upon the spraye." And I said, "Little Bird, what do you know of the coconut?"
Beth brought the book, and then climbed up on his knee, and settled there happily, with her head on his shoulder. "As I laye a-thynkynge, the golden sun was sinking, O merrie sang that Bird as it glitter'd on her breast, With a thousand gorgeous dyes, While soaring to the skies, 'Mid the stars she seem'd to rise, As to her nest;
As I laye a-thynkynge, her meaning was exprest: 'Follow, follow me away, It boots not to delay, 'Twas so she seemed to saye, 'HERE IS REST!" After he had read those last lines, there was a moment's silence, and then Beth burst into a tempest of tears. "O papa papa! No, no, no!" she sobbed. "I couldn't bear it." "What is the matter with the child?" Mrs. Caldwell exclaimed, starting up.
If it has, then I am sure the palm is awarded to the deity who gave to the human race the tree that bears the coconut. Passing a confectioner's shop, I saw a tempting packet labelled "Cokernut Toffee." I bought a pennyworth and gave it to my little girl, and "I laye a-thynkynge, a-thynkynge, a-thynkynge."
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