exercises for making the muscles stand out like
lumps. Robins are not like human beings; their
muscles are always exercised from the first and
so they develop themselves in a natural manner.
If you have to fly about to find every meal you eat,
your muscles do not become atrophied (atrophied
means wasted away through want of use).

When the boy was walking and running about
and digging and weeding like the others, the nest
in the corner was brooded over by a great peace
and content. Fears for the Eggs became things
of the past. 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.
On wet days the Eggs' mother sometimes
felt even a little dull because the children did not
come into the garden.

But even on wet days it could not be said that
Mary and Colin were dull. One morning when
the rain streamed down unceasingly and Colin was
beginning to feel a little restive, as he was obliged
to remain on his sofa because it was not safe to
get up and walk about, Mary had an inspiration.

"Now that I am a real boy," Colin had said,
"my legs and arms and all my body are so full
of Magic that I can't keep them still. They
want to be doing things all the time. Do you

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