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55every kind of work%u2014ribbons to make into bows and silks to workinto flowers. There was an aviary full of rare birds, which were so tame they flew to Beauty as soon as they saw her and perched upon her shoulders and her head.%u201cPretty little creatures,%u201d she said, %u201chow I wish your cage was nearer my room that I might often hear you sing!%u201d So saying, she opened a door and found to her delight that it led into her own room, though she had thought it was on the other side of the palace.There were more birds in a room farther on, parrots and cockatoos that could talk, and they greeted Beauty by name. Indeed, she f o u n d t h e m s o entertaining that she took one or two back to her room, and they talked to her while she was at supper. The Beast paid her his usual visit and asked the same questions as before, and then with a gruff good night he took his departure, and Beauty went to bed to dream of her mysterious prince.The days passed swiftly in different amusements, and after a while Beauty found another strange thing in the palace, which often pleased her when she was tired of being alone. There was one room which she had not noticed particularly; it was empty, In the room of birds.