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3. Letters in the Sand

           

           Shetrampedacrossthesand,skirtingthefootofoneofthelittlerockyhillsthatstoodnear,andsoonreachedtheedgeoftheforest.

           Atfirstshewasgreatlydisappointed,becausethenearertreeswereallpunita,orcotton-woodoreucalyptus,andborenofruitornutsatall.But,byeandbye,whenshewasalmostindespair,thelittlegirlcameupontwotreesthatpromisedtofurnishherwithplentyoffood.

           Onewasquitefullofsquarepaperboxes,whichgrewinclustersonallthelimbs,anduponthebiggestandripestboxestheword"Lunch"couldberead,inneatraisedletters.Thistreeseemedtobearalltheyeararound,fortherewerelunch-boxblossomsonsomeofthebranches,andonotherstinylittlelunch-boxesthatwereasyetquitegreen,andevidentlynotfittoeatuntiltheyhadgrownbigger.

           Theleavesofthistreewereallpapernapkins,anditpresentedaverypleasingappearancetothehungrylittlegirl.

           Butthetreenexttothelunch-boxtreewasevenmorewonderful,foritborequantitiesoftindinner-pails,whichweresofullandheavythatthestoutbranchesbentunderneaththeirweight.Someweresmallanddark-brownincolor;thoselargerwereofadulltincolor;butthereallyripeoneswerepailsofbrighttinthatshoneandglistenedbeautifullyintheraysofsunshinethattouchedthem.

           Dorothywasdelighted,andeventheyellowhenacknowledgedthatshewassurprised.

           Thelittlegirlstoodontip-toeandpickedoneofthenicestandbiggestlunch-boxes,andthenshesatdownuponthegroundandeagerlyopenedit.

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