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... morning till night to maintain herself and her granddaughter , while Snowflower gathered sticks for firing , looked after the hens and the cat , and did whatever else her grandmother bade her . There was nobody in the shire could spin ...
... morning till night to maintain herself and her granddaughter , while Snowflower gathered sticks for firing , looked after the hens and the cat , and did whatever else her grandmother bade her . There was nobody in the shire could spin ...
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... morning , at the time of the swallows ' coming , the dame rose up , put on the grey hood and mantle in which she carried her yarn to the fairs , and said , My child , I am going a long journey to visit an aunt of mine , who lives far in ...
... morning , at the time of the swallows ' coming , the dame rose up , put on the grey hood and mantle in which she carried her yarn to the fairs , and said , My child , I am going a long journey to visit an aunt of mine , who lives far in ...
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... morning she baked a barley cake , and every evening the chair told her a new story ; but she could never find out who owned the voice , though Snowflower showed her gratitude by polish- ing up the oaken back , and dusting the velvet ...
... morning she baked a barley cake , and every evening the chair told her a new story ; but she could never find out who owned the voice , though Snowflower showed her gratitude by polish- ing up the oaken back , and dusting the velvet ...
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Frances Browne. they flew away one morning to visit their friends , the pheasants , who lived far in the forest ; the cat followed them to see its relations ; the barley- meal was eaten up , except a couple of handfuls ; and Snowflower ...
Frances Browne. they flew away one morning to visit their friends , the pheasants , who lived far in the forest ; the cat followed them to see its relations ; the barley- meal was eaten up , except a couple of handfuls ; and Snowflower ...
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... morning . " It is something bad , ' said Scrub , terribly frightened . 666 ' May be not , ' said Spare ; and out of the deep hole at the side which the fire had not reached flew a large grey cuckoo , and lit on the table before them ...
... morning . " It is something bad , ' said Scrub , terribly frightened . 666 ' May be not , ' said Spare ; and out of the deep hole at the side which the fire had not reached flew a large grey cuckoo , and lit on the table before them ...
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