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... thing . And the ground was strewn with worms and grubs , And insects great and small ; Some had at least a hundred legs , And some no legs at all . And all the trees from top to toe Were as white as dusty millers ; You couldn't have ...
... thing . And the ground was strewn with worms and grubs , And insects great and small ; Some had at least a hundred legs , And some no legs at all . And all the trees from top to toe Were as white as dusty millers ; You couldn't have ...
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... things , And the cupboards cramm'd with plunder . Butter , and cheese , and eggs , and ham , And bacon , fat and lean : They found the farmer's cupboards full , They left his cupboards clean . And when every cupboard was dry and bare ...
... things , And the cupboards cramm'd with plunder . Butter , and cheese , and eggs , and ham , And bacon , fat and lean : They found the farmer's cupboards full , They left his cupboards clean . And when every cupboard was dry and bare ...
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... thing his kind mother bid ; And the stupid little fellow , he was always finding fault With everything that everybody did . From his turn - up little nose and his peevish little ways , And the cross , cross look upon his face , You ...
... thing his kind mother bid ; And the stupid little fellow , he was always finding fault With everything that everybody did . From his turn - up little nose and his peevish little ways , And the cross , cross look upon his face , You ...
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... things no more , " He said : " I'll be a boy . " The silly child in passion spoke : He turn'd : to his surprise , An old witch , muffled in a cloak , Stood there before his eyes . Her forehead was with wrinkles knit , And yellow was her ...
... things no more , " He said : " I'll be a boy . " The silly child in passion spoke : He turn'd : to his surprise , An old witch , muffled in a cloak , Stood there before his eyes . Her forehead was with wrinkles knit , And yellow was her ...
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... thing on the bed . He trembles , and with both his hands He presses hard his brow : He shrieks - ah ! see , he understands , He understands all now . He cries a loud and bitter cry , And falls down in a swound : Down falls the reel ...
... thing on the bed . He trembles , and with both his hands He presses hard his brow : He shrieks - ah ! see , he understands , He understands all now . He cries a loud and bitter cry , And falls down in a swound : Down falls the reel ...
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