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make about life as you human beings.

Now, just you look at me------

am looking at you/ interrupted Fair­
brass, ‘and I think you think much too

much of yourself’
*I have good reason to be proud,' said

the Hollyhock pompously* ‘ Many, many
years ago a great king— he was, indeed, the

wisest of all kings—paid a great tribute to
our family. “ Consider,’h said King Solo­

mon, kissing his hand to an ancestor of
mine—who was, by the way, not half so

fine or handsome as I am— “ consider the
hollyhocks of the------T’ 1

£ You’re quite wrong/ put in Fairbrass.
‘ King Solomon never said anything of the

sort ; and you’re mixing up hollyhocks and

lilies/
1 Pooh, pooh ! ’ said the Hollyhock.
4 I’ve heard that tale before ; but that's a

mere mistranslation. Do you think that

with one of my family in his garden he’d
have had a thought for a pale washed-oufc

creature like the lily ? ’