WHO FOLLOWED THE PIPER
She looked out through the second window and she saw all the seas of the world: ships were sailing here and there and dolphins were sporting on the waves; she saw the flying fishes flying and she saw the great whales spouting and she saw the branches of red coral in the green sea: for long and long did Golden Hood look out through the second window.
Then she looked out through the third window. She saw all the deserts of the world; hard and gleaming were the deserts; she saw little gazelles race swiftly across them; she saw the dragons come out of their dens, and she saw the ostriches standing there with their heads buried in the sand: for long and long did Golden Hood look out through the third window.
She thought she had been at each window only for a moment of time, but she had been at each far longer than she thought. She took her stool and stood upon it and looked out through the fourth window. She saw all the plains and prairies and pampas and savannas of the world; she
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