`` Why not ? '' asked Gulliver , wondering . `` I ` se black , '' said Moppet , with a sob . `` But that 's silly in them , '' cried the bird , who had never heard of such a thing . `` Color makes no difference ; the peeps are gray , the seals black , and the crabs yellow ; but we do n't care , and are all friends . It is very unkind to treat you so . Have n't you any friends to love you , dear ? '' `` Nobody in de world keres fer me . Dey sold me way from my mammy when I was a baby , and I ` se knocked roun eber since . De oder chilen has folks to lub an kere fer em , but Moppet 's got no friends ; '' and here the black eyes grew so dim with tears that the poor child could n't see that the last knot was out . Gulliver saw it , and , pushing up the door , flew from his prison with a glad cry ; and , hopping into Moppet 's hand , looked into the little dark face with such grateful confidence that it cleared at once , and the brightest smile it had worn for months broke over it as the bird nestled its soft head against her cheek , saying gently : `` I 'm your friend , dear ; I love you , and I never shall forget what you have done for me to-night . How can I thank you before I go ? '' For a minute , Moppet could only hug the bird , and cry ; for these were the first kind words she had heard for a long time , and they went straight to her lonely little heart . `` O my deary ! I ` se paid by dem words , and I do n't want no tanks . Jes lub me , and come sometimes to see me ef you can , it 's so hard livin ' in dis yere place . I do n't tink I 'll bar it long . I wish I was a bird to fly away , or a oyster safe in de mud , and free to do as I 's a mind . '' `` I wish you could go and live with Davy on the island ; he is so kind , so happy , and as free as the wind . Ca n't you get away , Moppet ? ''
whispered XXXXX , longing to help this poor , friendless little soul .
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