Wood Magic: A FableCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1882 - 263 pages |
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... Toad had his house . Bevis peered in at him , and touched him with a twig to make him move an inch or two , for he was so lazy , and sat there all day long , except when it rained . Sometimes the Toad told him a story , but not very a ...
... Toad had his house . Bevis peered in at him , and touched him with a twig to make him move an inch or two , for he was so lazy , and sat there all day long , except when it rained . Sometimes the Toad told him a story , but not very a ...
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... Toad by the rhubarb told Bevis there had not been such a cunning spider for many summers ; he knew almost as much about flies as the old Toad , and caught such a great number , that the Toad began to think there would be none left for ...
... Toad by the rhubarb told Bevis there had not been such a cunning spider for many summers ; he knew almost as much about flies as the old Toad , and caught such a great number , that the Toad began to think there would be none left for ...
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... Toad never left off thinking , thinking , thinking about this spider . And as he kept thinking , thinking , thinking , so he told Bevis , he recollected that he knew a great deal about a good many other things besides flies . So one day ...
... Toad never left off thinking , thinking , thinking about this spider . And as he kept thinking , thinking , thinking , so he told Bevis , he recollected that he knew a great deal about a good many other things besides flies . So one day ...
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... Toad . " I have been thinking so all the summer ; and so much do I admire you , that I have come all this way , across in the hot sun , to tell you something . " " Tell me something ! " said the spider , much offended . " I know ...
... Toad . " I have been thinking so all the summer ; and so much do I admire you , that I have come all this way , across in the hot sun , to tell you something . " " Tell me something ! " said the spider , much offended . " I know ...
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... toad . " Now this was a sneer on the part of the spider . " But I can't climb up into the window , " said the Toad ; " all I can do is to crawl about the ground , but you can run up a wall quickly . How I do wish I was a spider , like ...
... toad . " Now this was a sneer on the part of the spider . " But I can't climb up into the window , " said the Toad ; " all I can do is to crawl about the ground , but you can run up a wall quickly . How I do wish I was a spider , like ...
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