Wood Magic: A FableCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1882 - 263 pages |
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Page 17
... took my eggs ? And you tried to string them on a bennet , but the bennet was too big , so you went indoors for some thread . And you made my wife and me dreadfully unhappy , and we C said we would never come back any more to your SIR ...
... took my eggs ? And you tried to string them on a bennet , but the bennet was too big , so you went indoors for some thread . And you made my wife and me dreadfully unhappy , and we C said we would never come back any more to your SIR ...
Page 28
... took him . " Gee - up ! " said Bevis , punching his broad back and kicking him to go faster . Pan , now quite forgotten , crept along behind them . But Bevis listened to the lecture they gave him at home with a very bad grace . He ...
... took him . " Gee - up ! " said Bevis , punching his broad back and kicking him to go faster . Pan , now quite forgotten , crept along behind them . But Bevis listened to the lecture they gave him at home with a very bad grace . He ...
Page 37
... took another stick and hunted the hens round and round the ricks to make them lay their eggs faster , as it is well known that is the best way . For he remembered that last year they had shown him three tiny bantam chicks , such darling ...
... took another stick and hunted the hens round and round the ricks to make them lay their eggs faster , as it is well known that is the best way . For he remembered that last year they had shown him three tiny bantam chicks , such darling ...
Page 38
... took the bone , and Pan , all weary and sore from his thrashing , crept out from his tub to receive it ; but Bevis put the bone on the grass ( all the grass was worn bare where Pan could reach ) just where the spaniel could smell it ...
... took the bone , and Pan , all weary and sore from his thrashing , crept out from his tub to receive it ; but Bevis put the bone on the grass ( all the grass was worn bare where Pan could reach ) just where the spaniel could smell it ...
Page 56
... took counsel to- gether , and I carried the messages , dear , from the oak , where you slept , to the ash and the elm , and to the earth in the corner where the rabbits live ; and the birds came up into the oak and gave their adherence ...
... took counsel to- gether , and I carried the messages , dear , from the oak , where you slept , to the ash and the elm , and to the earth in the corner where the rabbits live ; and the birds came up into the oak and gave their adherence ...
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