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HOW TOAD GOT HIS BRUISES
toad seek his company. It was a new experience.
"I'll be charmed to go to the party with you," replied the buzzard. "What time shall we start?"
"We'll start at four o'clock," said the toad. "Come to my house and we'll go on from there. Be sure to bring your violin with you."
Promptly at four o'clock the buzzard arrived at the toad's house. He had his violin with him, of course, because the toad had asked him to bring it.
"I'm not quite ready to go," the toad called out. "Just leave your violin there by the door and step inside. It will take me only a minute to finish my toilet."
The buzzard laid his violin carefully outside the door and went inside the toad's
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