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... dear ! oh dear ! how dull it is in this stupid old place , " chirped a little sparrow sitting on the top of a house , one fine morning in autumn ; " I wish I could go away , it is so stupid here ! " " Cocky , Cocky ! " cried a sharp ...
... dear ! oh dear ! how dull it is in this stupid old place , " chirped a little sparrow sitting on the top of a house , one fine morning in autumn ; " I wish I could go away , it is so stupid here ! " " Cocky , Cocky ! " cried a sharp ...
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... dear me , this is the first time I have ever seen one of those birds so close . " " Ah ! I daresay , " said Micky , " an expe- rienced traveller like yourself has other things to look at and think about . How glad I am that the time is ...
... dear me , this is the first time I have ever seen one of those birds so close . " " Ah ! I daresay , " said Micky , " an expe- rienced traveller like yourself has other things to look at and think about . How glad I am that the time is ...
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... Dear me , what curious creatures ! " murmured the little sparrow in astonishment . something more , Mr. Swallow . " " Do tell me " Well then , among my acquaintance in a country called India is a bird of your own species a - ahem ...
... Dear me , what curious creatures ! " murmured the little sparrow in astonishment . something more , Mr. Swallow . " " Do tell me " Well then , among my acquaintance in a country called India is a bird of your own species a - ahem ...
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... dear ! O dear ! I wish I hadn't been so cross to him ! My poor little Cocky ! " Now or never was the time to appear , and the next moment a little shrill voice cried out- " Mother ! Hoppy ! I've come back quite safe , and I'm very sorry ...
... dear ! O dear ! I wish I hadn't been so cross to him ! My poor little Cocky ! " Now or never was the time to appear , and the next moment a little shrill voice cried out- " Mother ! Hoppy ! I've come back quite safe , and I'm very sorry ...
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... dear to me , but life is dearer : I have decided . Tear it down . " And so the woodman ruthlessly tore down the pretty plant from the branches and from the trunk ; the tree heard a low moaning sound , but it tried not to listen , and ...
... dear to me , but life is dearer : I have decided . Tear it down . " And so the woodman ruthlessly tore down the pretty plant from the branches and from the trunk ; the tree heard a low moaning sound , but it tried not to listen , and ...
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