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Show Chapter Twenty Six "Hello, little sparrows!" Sandy watched the three baby birds in amusement. Far below, her mother was watering the roses by the gate. Sandy listened with pleasure to her lilting song, which filtered through the branches. Reaching in her pocket, she pulled out a small gold spoon. "You see this?" she asked the sparrows. "Prince Majus had it made for me." The spoon was identical to the one she had found in the tree, only smaller. "I promised not to show it to anyone.. Verus doesn't want another Daemon to come." She shivered. "He was awful!" She edged out onto the limb and tipped herself upside down. V/'edging the spoon securely in the crack where she had found the original spoon, she swung herself upright again. "You know," she continued, dangling a finger lazily toward the nest, "someday I shall go back to Sol Vallis, and when I do -" Sandy ended abruptly, for the mother sparrow had come back to the nest very displeased. "Sorry, M'am," she laughed., pulling her hand away. Her mother's song floated again to her ears. Blowing a kisc to the birds, she scurried down the tree. |