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... hand when I shall leave this dull place , and see all the wonders you have told me of ! " " Are you going soon , then ? " inquired Cocky , sorrowfully . " Very soon now , " replied Micky . " I heard father and mother talking about it ...
... hand when I shall leave this dull place , and see all the wonders you have told me of ! " " Are you going soon , then ? " inquired Cocky , sorrowfully . " Very soon now , " replied Micky . " I heard father and mother talking about it ...
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... hands at him , and making a frightful noise as if to scare him from the fruit . No won- der poor Cocky was frightened , for it was a black slave - boy who was thus terrifying him , and he had never beheld anything of the kind before ...
... hands at him , and making a frightful noise as if to scare him from the fruit . No won- der poor Cocky was frightened , for it was a black slave - boy who was thus terrifying him , and he had never beheld anything of the kind before ...
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... hands , for the midshipman had a kind heart , and was very fond of birds , besides being naturally surprised at ... hand very carefully , until he got down on deck again . Then he went to the ship's carpenter , who gave him a large ...
... hands , for the midshipman had a kind heart , and was very fond of birds , besides being naturally surprised at ... hand very carefully , until he got down on deck again . Then he went to the ship's carpenter , who gave him a large ...
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... hand , cruel woodman , and leave my companion in peace . " " do man , " Foolish tree , " said the you not know that in time this Ivy will kill you ? Cast it from you , and in a few years you will become the pride of the forest . Keep it ...
... hand , cruel woodman , and leave my companion in peace . " " do man , " Foolish tree , " said the you not know that in time this Ivy will kill you ? Cast it from you , and in a few years you will become the pride of the forest . Keep it ...
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... hand is worth two in the bush , ' so my old grandmother always told me , and she was a wise bird . " " But the birds I speak of are close at hand , Mr. Hawk , " said the cuckoo , trembling with fear , " I will take you to the nest in a ...
... hand is worth two in the bush , ' so my old grandmother always told me , and she was a wise bird . " " But the birds I speak of are close at hand , Mr. Hawk , " said the cuckoo , trembling with fear , " I will take you to the nest in a ...
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