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Roman whistles are made of pewter, terra-cotta, or wood, in every shape of bird, or beast, or fish. Rafael had a bird-whistle, Edith's was a yellow butterfly, and the tops which they spun were dressed like dolls, in many fantastic costumes.
The bird-seller was covering up his cages with loose wrappers, making ready to pack up for the night. "Hello!" he said cheerfully. "Thought I'd lost you for good." He took the child's money and handed the canary cage across the sill; also the bird-whistle, wrapped in a scrap of paper.
All the mountain streams were loosened, and the air was full of the gurgle of many waters, occasionally pierced by a bird-whistle. The trees rustled with a new sound to the spring wind; there was a flush of rose and gold-green on the breasting surface of a distant mountain seen through an opening in the wood.
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