the bell and waited. Still the merry shouts icould be heard in the school-yards. Very strange ! Thechildren were so engaged in play that theycould not hear the bell, he thought.Then he pulled it more vigorously.Still the shouts and laughtertinued. The master raised his winclapped his hands, and… … 38 WHAT AILED THE BELL. he sent another boy for a carpenter to tind out if the bell-cord was broken. What do youthink the carpen-ter found ? A littlesparrow had builtits nest inside thebell, and preventedthe hammer strik-ing against the bell.The teacher toldthe children whatthe trouble was,and…
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