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This episode is brought to you by a campfire at dusk. Tonight I'll be reading an excerpt from My Robin by

Francis Hodgin Burnett originally published in 1912. Burnett was an American English novelist and playwright.

She is perhaps best known for her children's stories,

in particular The Secret Garden.

My Robin is a charming anecdote that further expands upon the Robin featured in The Secret Garden. Let's get cozy.

get cozy.

Close your eyes. Relax your body into the softness of your bed. Now, take a few deep breaths. There came to me among the letters I received last spring, one which touched me very closely.

It was a letter full of delightful things, but the delightful thing which so reached my

soul was a question.

The writer had been reading the secret garden and her question was this.

Did you own the original of the Robin?

He could not have been a mere creature of fantasy.

I feel sure you owned him.

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