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CHAPTER X.
Serene as Mrs. Polly's temperament was, and although she gave the sparrow such good advice, she found it very hard to keep patient herself until the sparrow appeared.
She felt certain that the important news Major had to communicate related to the lost ribbon, and she was almost bursting with curiosity to know what it was. It would not do to call the sparrow, for old Graywhisker had sharper ears than he had; so the only thing to be done was to control her impatience until the sparrow appeared. What if he didn't come back until after the barn was closed for the night?
