Wood Magic: A FableCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1882 - 263 pages |
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... began to sing on an ash - tree in the hedge of the meadow . " Bevis ! Bevis ! " said the thrush , and he turned round to listen : " My dearest Bevis , have you forgotten the meadow , and the buttercups , and the sorrel ? You know the ...
... began to sing on an ash - tree in the hedge of the meadow . " Bevis ! Bevis ! " said the thrush , and he turned round to listen : " My dearest Bevis , have you forgotten the meadow , and the buttercups , and the sorrel ? You know the ...
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... began to think there would be none left for him . Now the Toad was extremely fond of flies , and he watched the spider with envy , and grew more angry about it every day . As he sat blinking and winking by the rhubarb in 6 WOOD MAGIC .
... began to think there would be none left for him . Now the Toad was extremely fond of flies , and he watched the spider with envy , and grew more angry about it every day . As he sat blinking and winking by the rhubarb in 6 WOOD MAGIC .
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... began to taunt and tease him . " Your back is all over warts , and you are an old toad , " he said . " You are so old , that I heard the swallows saying their great , great , great grand- mothers , when they built in the chimney , did ...
... began to taunt and tease him . " Your back is all over warts , and you are an old toad , " he said . " You are so old , that I heard the swallows saying their great , great , great grand- mothers , when they built in the chimney , did ...
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... began to cut away at one of the rods , leaning his left arm on the moss - grown stole . The bark was easily cut through , and he soon made a notch , but then the wood seemed to grow harder , and the chips he got out were very small ...
... began to cut away at one of the rods , leaning his left arm on the moss - grown stole . The bark was easily cut through , and he soon made a notch , but then the wood seemed to grow harder , and the chips he got out were very small ...
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... began to gather the cowslips , and kept on for a quarter of an hour as fast as ever he could , till both hands were full . There was a rustle in the hedge , and looking up he saw Pan come out , all brown with sand sticking to his coat ...
... began to gather the cowslips , and kept on for a quarter of an hour as fast as ever he could , till both hands were full . There was a rustle in the hedge , and looking up he saw Pan come out , all brown with sand sticking to his coat ...
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