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HOLLYHOCK AND HER VISITOR.
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will cost me nothing. But you must not breathe this, for I have not yet mentioned it to my wife."

The hollyhock replied with a clear voice, "There is neither meum nor tuum among the flower-people. We like to share with others the good things that come to us from above. It makes us happier than to sound a trumpet before us, and boast of riches with which we do no good."

Then the large bumble-bee seemed offended at his friend the hollyhock, and, buzzing in an angry tone, flew away.