Malleville: A Franconia StoryA young girl and her brother spend the winter holidays in upstate New York with their aunt and cousins. |
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Abram and Lot accordingly afraid alcove Antonio apple asked Malleville asked Phonny asked Wallace barn bearskin Beech began Blue Cap boiling bowl boys bridge brook buffaloes Caroline Code Napoleon covered door drag draw fire Franconia freshet Golf Golgorondo gone ground hand harpoons head Henry hill horse hour-glass Jacob Abbott kettle leville Madame Roland Malle Malleville looked Malleville watched Malleville's Mary Bell melted minutes morning palanquin Parker pasture road pear Phonny and Malleville Phonny called Phonny's platform pleasant plugs poles Pompey quarter-master replied Beechnut replied Phonny ride river rocks saying school-house seat side silver sitting skates sleds sleigh slide snow snow-drops snow-shoes soon speak stopped story thing thought took trees turned walked Wallace and Phonny Wallace's warm window wish wood-pile woods yard
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Page 39 - ... was used as a handle for taking the cover off, was the figure of a beautiful dog. A little below, upon the side of the cover, was the figure of a hunter and a hare. " The giant told Blue Cap that the charm of the bowl was in the hunter and the hare. By means of the bowl he could have anything he wanted that was good to eat, provided that he was a good poet. " The way was to shut up the bowl and take it in his lap, and then say something about the hunter and the hare for one line, and make up...
Page 36 - Then what did he want of the great black club 1" said Malleville. " Why, it only looked like a club. It was hollow, and there was something inside. He could unscrew the handle, and draw it out like a sword out of a sword cane." "What was it inside?" " It was a long and beautiful feather." " One day old Golgorondo was sitting at the mouth of his den, sick of a fever, and very thirsty. A boy came along with a red cap on his head. "