Wood Magic: A FableCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1882 - 263 pages |
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Page 7
... things besides flies . So one day , after several weeks of thinking , he crawled out of his house in the sunshine , which he did not like at all , and went across the grass to the iron railings , where the spider had then got his web ...
... things besides flies . So one day , after several weeks of thinking , he crawled out of his house in the sunshine , which he did not like at all , and went across the grass to the iron railings , where the spider had then got his web ...
Page 8
... things , you could hardly see all the very little trifles like a poor old toad . " " Oh yes , thing ! " I can . I know everything - every- " But , sir , " went on the Toad so humbly , " this is such a little - such a very little - thing ...
... things , you could hardly see all the very little trifles like a poor old toad . " " Oh yes , thing ! " I can . I know everything - every- " But , sir , " went on the Toad so humbly , " this is such a little - such a very little - thing ...
Page 24
... thing that Bevis could have done in his mind , his papa remembered that he had lately taken to asking about the road , and would not be satisfied till they had taken him up to the sign - post - a mile beyond the village , and explained ...
... thing that Bevis could have done in his mind , his papa remembered that he had lately taken to asking about the road , and would not be satisfied till they had taken him up to the sign - post - a mile beyond the village , and explained ...
Page 28
... apart for his toys and things ever since he could walk . It was but a small cupboard , made across the angle of two walls , and with one shelf only , yet it was bottomless , and always contained something new . There 28 WOOD MAGIC .
... apart for his toys and things ever since he could walk . It was but a small cupboard , made across the angle of two walls , and with one shelf only , yet it was bottomless , and always contained something new . There 28 WOOD MAGIC .
Page 30
... 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 .
... 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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