Wood Magic: A FableCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1882 - 263 pages |
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... heard the swallows saying their great , great , great grand- mothers , when they built in the chimney , did not know when you were born . And you have got foolish , and past doing anything , and so stupid that you hardly know when it is ...
... heard the swallows saying their great , great , great grand- mothers , when they built in the chimney , did not know when you were born . And you have got foolish , and past doing anything , and so stupid that you hardly know when it is ...
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... these things easily . So he sat down at his cup- board and forgot the lecture instantly ; the pout dis- appeared from his lips as he plunged his hand into the inexhaustible cupboard . " Bevis , dear , " he heard presently , 30 WOOD MAGIC .
... these things easily . So he sat down at his cup- board and forgot the lecture instantly ; the pout dis- appeared from his lips as he plunged his hand into the inexhaustible cupboard . " Bevis , dear , " he heard presently , 30 WOOD MAGIC .
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A Fable Richard Jefferies. " Bevis , dear , " he heard presently , have an apple . " " 6 you may Instantly , and without staying to shut the door on his treasures , he darted upstairs - up two flights , with a clatter and a bang , burst ...
A Fable Richard Jefferies. " Bevis , dear , " he heard presently , have an apple . " " 6 you may Instantly , and without staying to shut the door on his treasures , he darted upstairs - up two flights , with a clatter and a bang , burst ...
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... heard a little squeak close to his head , and looked up and saw a Mouse under the eaves of the cart - house , peeping forth from a tiny crevice , where the mortar had fallen from between the stones of the wall . " Bevis , Bevis ! " said ...
... heard a little squeak close to his head , and looked up and saw a Mouse under the eaves of the cart - house , peeping forth from a tiny crevice , where the mortar had fallen from between the stones of the wall . " Bevis , Bevis ! " said ...
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... heard the chaffinch say that one of the rooks had been caught stealing his cousin's sticks . Next two goldfinches began to fight , and then a blackbird came up from the brook and perched on a rail , and he was such a boaster , for he ...
... heard the chaffinch say that one of the rooks had been caught stealing his cousin's sticks . Next two goldfinches began to fight , and then a blackbird came up from the brook and perched on a rail , and he was such a boaster , for he ...
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