Wood Magic: A FableCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1882 - 263 pages |
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Page 43
... copse , and said he was captain of one thousand pigeons , and was ever so much stronger , and could fly ten miles an hour faster . So away went the first pigeon to the fir copse , and there was a great clattering of wings and " oo ...
... copse , and said he was captain of one thousand pigeons , and was ever so much stronger , and could fly ten miles an hour faster . So away went the first pigeon to the fir copse , and there was a great clattering of wings and " oo ...
Page 74
... copse , and had crept into a rabbit's hole . He could not have got away from the wood - pile , only Pan , being so thirsty , gave up looking for him , and went down to the brook . " In the morning , as they thought Pan had broken his ...
... copse , and had crept into a rabbit's hole . He could not have got away from the wood - pile , only Pan , being so thirsty , gave up looking for him , and went down to the brook . " In the morning , as they thought Pan had broken his ...
Page 75
... copse . We were so far off , you see , the mice could not send us word that he had escaped from the gin in time , and indeed , none of them knew exactly where to find us ; they told the swallows , and the swallows searched , but missed ...
... copse . We were so far off , you see , the mice could not send us word that he had escaped from the gin in time , and indeed , none of them knew exactly where to find us ; they told the swallows , and the swallows searched , but missed ...
Page 87
... copse ; and then creeping into another hole , a very small one , where no dog could get at him , he curled himself up very comfortably and went to sleep . CHAPTER IV . BROOK - FOLK . SOME time afterwards ADVENTURES OF THE WEASEL .. 87.
... copse ; and then creeping into another hole , a very small one , where no dog could get at him , he curled himself up very comfortably and went to sleep . CHAPTER IV . BROOK - FOLK . SOME time afterwards ADVENTURES OF THE WEASEL .. 87.
Page 109
... spied a gap in the hedge under an ash - tree , so he went through in a minute , and there was a high bank with trees like a copse , and bramble - bushes and ferns . He went on up the bank , winding in and out BROOK - FOLK . 109.
... spied a gap in the hedge under an ash - tree , so he went through in a minute , and there was a high bank with trees like a copse , and bramble - bushes and ferns . He went on up the bank , winding in and out BROOK - FOLK . 109.
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