`` There is n't any in ours , '' said Cecily loyally . `` Why do white sheep eat more than black ? '' asked Felix . `` Is that a conundrum ? '' asked Cecily cautiously . `` If it is I wo n't try to guess the reason . I never can guess conundrums . '' `` It is n't a conundrum , '' said Felix . `` It 's a fact . They do -- and there 's a good reason for it . '' We stopped picking apples , sat down on the grass , and tried to reason it out -- with the exception of Dan , who declared that he knew there was a catch somewhere and he was n't going to be caught . The rest of us could not see where any catch could exist , since Felix solemnly vowed , ` cross his heart , white sheep did eat more than black . We argued over it seriously , but finally had to give it up . `` Well , what is the reason ? '' asked Felicity . `` Because there 's more of them , '' said Felix , grinning . I forget what we did to Felix . A shower came up in the evening and we had to stop picking . After the shower there was a magnificent double rainbow . We watched it from the granary window , and the Story Girl told us an old legend , culled from one of Aunt Olivia 's many scrapbooks .
`` Long , long ago , in the Golden Age , when the gods used to visit the earth so often that it was nothing uncommon XXXXX see them , Odin made a pilgrimage over the world .
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