Live Toys; Or Anecdotes of Our Four-legged and Other PetsGriffith and Farran, (successors to Newbery and Harris,) corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, 1862 - Children's stories - 136 pages |
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... bite , or else she covered it up in her lap , when it would remain asleep for some time . Now and then we took it with us when we drove in the little carriage , and it lay so snugly on our knees and kept us so warm . Before we had ...
... bite , or else she covered it up in her lap , when it would remain asleep for some time . Now and then we took it with us when we drove in the little carriage , and it lay so snugly on our knees and kept us so warm . Before we had ...
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... bitten if we had one . First , we longed for this bird , then for that squirrel , then for a cage of white mice , and so on ; indeed I believe we quite tormented Mamma with requests to walk along the quay of animals , as we called it ...
... bitten if we had one . First , we longed for this bird , then for that squirrel , then for a cage of white mice , and so on ; indeed I believe we quite tormented Mamma with requests to walk along the quay of animals , as we called it ...
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... bite fiercely if touched , but if we offered our wrists , she would step soberly on , allow us to scratch her head , stroke her back , push back her feathers to look at her curious little ears , and in return she would lay her beak ...
... bite fiercely if touched , but if we offered our wrists , she would step soberly on , allow us to scratch her head , stroke her back , push back her feathers to look at her curious little ears , and in return she would lay her beak ...
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... biting our pencils in pieces , tearing paper , and so on , and once in particular , she terrified us for her own safety by opening every blade of a sharp penknife , and flourishing it about in her claws as if in triumph . We had some ...
... biting our pencils in pieces , tearing paper , and so on , and once in particular , she terrified us for her own safety by opening every blade of a sharp penknife , and flourishing it about in her claws as if in triumph . We had some ...
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... biting me . I have received a shocking bite on the leg . Do search for the creature , whatever it is . " So the stewardess came and looked , and could find nothing . My sister , who had looked out of her shelf at the old lady's cry ...
... biting me . I have received a shocking bite on the leg . Do search for the creature , whatever it is . " So the stewardess came and looked , and could find nothing . My sister , who had looked out of her shelf at the old lady's cry ...
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