Wood Magic: A FableCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1882 - 263 pages |
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... head on it , and drew up one knee , as if going to sleep . His little brown wrist , bared by the sleeve shortening as he extended his arm , bent down the grass , and his still browner fingers played with the blades , and every now and ...
... head on it , and drew up one knee , as if going to sleep . His little brown wrist , bared by the sleeve shortening as he extended his arm , bent down the grass , and his still browner fingers played with the blades , and every now and ...
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... head on it , and drew up one knee , as if going to sleep . His little brown wrist , bared by the sleeve shorten- ing as he extended his arm , bent down the grass , and his still browner fingers played with the blades , and every now and ...
... head on it , and drew up one knee , as if going to sleep . His little brown wrist , bared by the sleeve shorten- ing as he extended his arm , bent down the grass , and his still browner fingers played with the blades , and every now and ...
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... head a little on one side , to show his black eye the better . Then he flew inside the summer - house , alighted in the window , and gobbled up the spider in an instant . The old Toad shut his eye and opened it again , and went on ...
... head a little on one side , to show his black eye the better . Then he flew inside the summer - house , alighted in the window , and gobbled up the spider in an instant . The old Toad shut his eye and opened it again , and went on ...
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... the very back of his head , and his hand stretched out to catch him . The butterfly wheeled himself round on the leaf , shut up his wings , and seemed so innocent , till Bevis fell on his knee , and then under 12 WOOD MAGIC .
... the very back of his head , and his hand stretched out to catch him . The butterfly wheeled himself round on the leaf , shut up his wings , and seemed so innocent , till Bevis fell on his knee , and then under 12 WOOD MAGIC .
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... shook under her heavy hoofs . The cows lifted their heads from gather- ing the grass close round the slender bennets , and wondered why any one could be so foolish as to rush about , when there was plenty to eat and SIR BEVIS . 13.
... shook under her heavy hoofs . The cows lifted their heads from gather- ing the grass close round the slender bennets , and wondered why any one could be so foolish as to rush about , when there was plenty to eat and SIR BEVIS . 13.
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