Wood Magic: A FableCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1882 - 263 pages |
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Page 65
... waiting for an answer . Then the cricket came again , and taking not the least notice of the prisoner , sang all night . " In the morning the Weasel looked up , and saw that the chink had really opened . He crawled to it , he was so ...
... waiting for an answer . Then the cricket came again , and taking not the least notice of the prisoner , sang all night . " In the morning the Weasel looked up , and saw that the chink had really opened . He crawled to it , he was so ...
Page 70
... waiting to listen rushed out into the roadway . In an instant the Rat pushed against a small piece of loose stone , which he kept for the purpose , and it fell down and shut up the mouth of his hole . As the Weasel was running across ...
... waiting to listen rushed out into the roadway . In an instant the Rat pushed against a small piece of loose stone , which he kept for the purpose , and it fell down and shut up the mouth of his hole . As the Weasel was running across ...
Page 89
... waiting for me on the other side of the furrow . S - s . " " S- -S , we shall meet by the drinking- place , " said the first grasshopper ; and was just hopping off when Bevis asked him what the birds went down to bathe for . " I'm sure ...
... waiting for me on the other side of the furrow . S - s . " " S- -S , we shall meet by the drinking- place , " said the first grasshopper ; and was just hopping off when Bevis asked him what the birds went down to bathe for . " I'm sure ...
Page 131
... waiting for the throne . But it is no use his being tired , for Kap- chack does not mean to die . Now Bevis , dear , I have told you everything I can think of , and I am tired of sitting at the mouth of this hole , where the sunshine ...
... waiting for the throne . But it is no use his being tired , for Kap- chack does not mean to die . Now Bevis , dear , I have told you everything I can think of , and I am tired of sitting at the mouth of this hole , where the sunshine ...
Page 138
... waiting for ever so long to come into the copse on a visit to an old friend , but you must know that the Weasel lives here . " " Does the Weasel live here ? " said Bevis , start- ing up . " Tell me where , and I will kill him ; I will ...
... waiting for ever so long to come into the copse on a visit to an old friend , but you must know that the Weasel lives here . " " Does the Weasel live here ? " said Bevis , start- ing up . " Tell me where , and I will kill him ; I will ...
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