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The Secret GardenBy Frances Hodgson Burnett ContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXV
2 "He knows all about eggs and nests," Mary went on.
The Secret GardenBy Frances Hodgson Burnett ContextHighlight In CHAPTER XIV
3 On wet days the Eggs' mother sometimes felt even a little dull because the children did not come into the garden.
The Secret GardenBy Frances Hodgson Burnett ContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXV
4 In the robin's nest there were Eggs and the robin's mate sat upon them keeping them warm with her feathery little breast and careful wings.
The Secret GardenBy Frances Hodgson Burnett ContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXV
5 But then she said indulgently that humans were always more clumsy and slow than Eggs and most of them never seemed really to learn to fly at all.
The Secret GardenBy Frances Hodgson Burnett ContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXV
6 You could buy both potatoes and eggs and eat as many as you liked without feeling as if you were taking food out of the mouths of fourteen people.
The Secret GardenBy Frances Hodgson Burnett ContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXIV
7 Knowing that your Eggs were as safe as if they were locked in a bank vault and the fact that you could watch so many curious things going on made setting a most entertaining occupation.
The Secret GardenBy Frances Hodgson Burnett ContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXV
8 The robin talked this over with his mate a great deal for a few days but after that he decided not to speak of the subject because her terror was so great that he was afraid it might be injurious to the Eggs.
The Secret GardenBy Frances Hodgson Burnett ContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXV
9 You can trifle with your breakfast and seem to disdain your dinner if you are full to the brim with roasted eggs and potatoes and richly frothed new milk and oatcakes and buns and heather honey and clotted cream.
The Secret GardenBy Frances Hodgson Burnett ContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXIV
10 He could only say that he was sure that the Eggs would never flap about in such a manner; but as the boy who could speak robin so fluently was doing the thing with them, birds could be quite sure that the actions were not of a dangerous nature.
The Secret GardenBy Frances Hodgson Burnett ContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXV
11 Dickon made the stimulating discovery that in the wood in the park outside the garden where Mary had first found him piping to the wild creatures there was a deep little hollow where you could build a sort of tiny oven with stones and roast potatoes and eggs in it.
The Secret GardenBy Frances Hodgson Burnett ContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXIV
12 He made up his mind to eat less, but unfortunately it was not possible to carry out this brilliant idea when he wakened each morning with an amazing appetite and the table near his sofa was set with a breakfast of home-made bread and fresh butter, snow-white eggs, raspberry jam and clotted cream.
The Secret GardenBy Frances Hodgson Burnett ContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXIV