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Page 94
... birds came close to the boat . ' Here , come and sit by me and I will tell you about Tom Thumb , ' said Bessie , beginning to pull the netting from off Georgie . ' I don't want to hear about Tom Thumb . I want something to eat . ' ' But ...
... birds came close to the boat . ' Here , come and sit by me and I will tell you about Tom Thumb , ' said Bessie , beginning to pull the netting from off Georgie . ' I don't want to hear about Tom Thumb . I want something to eat . ' ' But ...
Page 97
... birds they saw on all sides of them - birds which perhaps you have never seen . Georgie was so pleased in looking at them , now that he was no longer hungry and tired , that I think for the time he forgot all about the runaway boat ...
... birds they saw on all sides of them - birds which perhaps you have never seen . Georgie was so pleased in looking at them , now that he was no longer hungry and tired , that I think for the time he forgot all about the runaway boat ...
Page 99
... bird . And they saw those little birds of which I dare- say you have all heard the stormy petrels . But as this day was bright and calm , instead of stormy , the petrels did not flash and dart about as they would have done had the sea ...
... bird . And they saw those little birds of which I dare- say you have all heard the stormy petrels . But as this day was bright and calm , instead of stormy , the petrels did not flash and dart about as they would have done had the sea ...
Page 101
... bird we have not seen before . ' " ' I don't want to see any more birds , ' said Georgie . I hate birds , they keep catching fish and eating them ; and they are never hungry . ' ' But look ! oh look , Artie ! what are these ? They are ...
... bird we have not seen before . ' " ' I don't want to see any more birds , ' said Georgie . I hate birds , they keep catching fish and eating them ; and they are never hungry . ' ' But look ! oh look , Artie ! what are these ? They are ...
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