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After the many strange things that Buddie had come upon in Queerwood, / nothing could surprise her very much. Besides, as she never before had / seen a donkey, or a lute, or the combination of donkey and lute, it did / not strike her as especially remarkable that the musician should be / holding his instrument upside down, and sweeping the strings with one / of his long ears, which he was able to wave without moving his head a / jot. And this it was that gave to the music its soft and furry-purry / quality.
The Donkey greeted Buddie with a careless nod, and remarked, as if / anticipating a comment he had heard many times: