Wood Magic: A FableCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1882 - 263 pages |
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Page 34
... speaking to the Weasel . " It is all false , " said the Weasel . " But it is true that you ate the wheat out of the ears in the wheat - rick , and you know what was the consequence . If that little bit of wheat you ate had been threshed ...
... speaking to the Weasel . " It is all false , " said the Weasel . " But it is true that you ate the wheat out of the ears in the wheat - rick , and you know what was the consequence . If that little bit of wheat you ate had been threshed ...
Page 36
... the moment he could not speak . Just then Bevis caught sight of the colt that had come up beside his mother , the cart mare , to the fence ; and thinking that he would go and try and stroke the pretty creature , Bevis 36 WOOD MAGIC .
... the moment he could not speak . Just then Bevis caught sight of the colt that had come up beside his mother , the cart mare , to the fence ; and thinking that he would go and try and stroke the pretty creature , Bevis 36 WOOD MAGIC .
Page 89
... speaking fast , for he was rather in a hurry to be gone , he never could stand still long together . " All I can tell is that on Midsummer Day every one you of the birds has to go down to the brook and walk in and bathe ; and it has ...
... speaking fast , for he was rather in a hurry to be gone , he never could stand still long together . " All I can tell is that on Midsummer Day every one you of the birds has to go down to the brook and walk in and bathe ; and it has ...
Page 103
... speak while the Wind blew . The flag laughed as the Reed was silenced . " You need not laugh , " said the perch ; " you can only talk while the water waggles you . The horse will come down to the Brook to - morrow , and bite off your ...
... speak while the Wind blew . The flag laughed as the Reed was silenced . " You need not laugh , " said the perch ; " you can only talk while the water waggles you . The horse will come down to the Brook to - morrow , and bite off your ...
Page 104
... speak , had no doubt she rouged . The sparrow , brushed and neat , so quiet and subdued in his brown velvet , looked quite aristocratic among so much flaunting colour . As for the blackbird , he had carefully washed himself in the ...
... speak , had no doubt she rouged . The sparrow , brushed and neat , so quiet and subdued in his brown velvet , looked quite aristocratic among so much flaunting colour . As for the blackbird , he had carefully washed himself in the ...
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