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... fish must have been , For the float dipp'd down out of sight . B The fish down below , and the boy at the. ISHING in a pond a little boy " The son had a.
... fish must have been , For the float dipp'd down out of sight . B The fish down below , and the boy at the. ISHING in a pond a little boy " The son had a.
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... And he never was seen again . Now , had he just minded what was said , Or had he but learnt to swim , He might have caught that fish , instead Of that fish's catching him . POOR ROOKY . PUSSY - CAT , they say , 2 FUN AND EARNEST .
... And he never was seen again . Now , had he just minded what was said , Or had he but learnt to swim , He might have caught that fish , instead Of that fish's catching him . POOR ROOKY . PUSSY - CAT , they say , 2 FUN AND EARNEST .
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... fish instead . But the way was long , and the sun was strong , And heavy was her load ; So Pussy sat down , half way to the town , With her basket upon the road . A little black rook gave a sly little look From out of a neighbouring ...
... fish instead . But the way was long , and the sun was strong , And heavy was her load ; So Pussy sat down , half way to the town , With her basket upon the road . A little black rook gave a sly little look From out of a neighbouring ...
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... " But guess Rooky's fright when she added , " Tho ' to - night " I shall have no fish to fry , " I can very well sup , as a kind of make - up , " On a dish of nice RooK - PIE . " MR . FOX . FOX and a goose , so 4 FUN AND EARNEST .
... " But guess Rooky's fright when she added , " Tho ' to - night " I shall have no fish to fry , " I can very well sup , as a kind of make - up , " On a dish of nice RooK - PIE . " MR . FOX . FOX and a goose , so 4 FUN AND EARNEST .
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... . To microscopes some glued their faces , Or peer'd at mites or fishes ' fins ; And eyed black - beetles , ranged in cases , Martyrs to science , stuck on pins ; Tadpoles in bottles with wax - seal'd stoppers ; Fire THE MAGIC LANTERN . 47.
... . To microscopes some glued their faces , Or peer'd at mites or fishes ' fins ; And eyed black - beetles , ranged in cases , Martyrs to science , stuck on pins ; Tadpoles in bottles with wax - seal'd stoppers ; Fire THE MAGIC LANTERN . 47.
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