Wood Magic: A FableCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1882 - 263 pages |
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... followed him , ran out of the hedge between Bevis's legs with such joyful force , that Bevis was almost overthrown , and burst into a fit of laughter . Pan ran back into the hedge to hunt , and Bevis , with tears rolling down his cheeks ...
... followed him , ran out of the hedge between Bevis's legs with such joyful force , that Bevis was almost overthrown , and burst into a fit of laughter . Pan ran back into the hedge to hunt , and Bevis , with tears rolling down his cheeks ...
Page 30
... followed the harriers and chased the doubling hare ; with the cannon he fought battles , such as he saw in the pictures ; the bugle , too , sounded the charge ( the Bailiff sometimes blew it in the garden to please him , and the hollow ...
... followed the harriers and chased the doubling hare ; with the cannon he fought battles , such as he saw in the pictures ; the bugle , too , sounded the charge ( the Bailiff sometimes blew it in the garden to please him , and the hollow ...
Page 79
... and when he got through the gap , he would see the house and the ricks , and if he followed the ditch then he would presently come to the place where he dropped his bow . " Thank you , " said Bevis , " I ADVENTURES OF THE WEASEL . 79.
... and when he got through the gap , he would see the house and the ricks , and if he followed the ditch then he would presently come to the place where he dropped his bow . " Thank you , " said Bevis , " I ADVENTURES OF THE WEASEL . 79.
Page 90
... followed the grasshopper , who hopped so far at every step that he had to walk fast to keep up with him . " But why do the birds do it ? " " Oh , I don't know why , " said the grasshopper ; " what is why ? " " I want to know , " said ...
... followed the grasshopper , who hopped so far at every step that he had to walk fast to keep up with him . " But why do the birds do it ? " " Oh , I don't know why , " said the grasshopper ; " what is why ? " " I want to know , " said ...
Page 109
... followed the hedge a good way , not much thinking where he was going , but strolling along in the shadow , and humming to himself the tune he had learnt from the brook . By - and - by he spied a gap in the hedge under an ash - tree , so ...
... followed the hedge a good way , not much thinking where he was going , but strolling along in the shadow , and humming to himself the tune he had learnt from the brook . By - and - by he spied a gap in the hedge under an ash - tree , so ...
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