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hair covered their heads, curling up
from the sweetest of white baby necks.
Their mouths were like rose-buds, —
that is, like mouths that are called
rose-buds, — and when they smiled it
gave a dimple in each cheek* Every
body agreed that they were remarkably
pretty babies, and everybody always
added, that they looked so much alike
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it was impossible to tell one from the
other. +
The little creatures took Dr. Moran’s
heart by storm, but the question now
was which of the two to choose, for
they were not only equally pretty, but
one was just as strong, just as bright,
and had just as sweet a disposition as
the other So at least Mrs. Purdy, the
matron,, said, adding that it seemed a
great pity they should ever be sepa
rated. This wras just what the good