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"If he gives seven 'Tucktoos' without stopping, that is luck great big luck but if he goes on, he brings trouble." "Only if he stops at an odd number," corrected the child. "I see you know all about it," remarked the guest. "Oh, yes, our Tucktoo never goes beyond seven I think he is old and mother says the nats are kind to us." "The cats are kind to you!" ejaculated Shafto. "But why not?"
He knows not how Mhtoon Pah found it, but he believes that it was through a sorcery he practised, for the man is as full of evil as the chatti lifted from the brink of the well is full of water." Coryndon smiled and glanced at Shiraz. "And you think so also, grandson of a Tucktoo, for though you are old, your white hairs bring you no wisdom."
Salter thoughtfully prepared the new arrival for the alarming insects of Lower Burma, whilst Rosetta, for her part, kept up an accompaniment on a high chirruping note. During a momentary pause Shafto was startled by an odd sound an imperious, unnatural voice that called, "Tucktoo! Tucktoo! Tucktoo!" "What is it or who is it?" he inquired anxiously.
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