The Talking Bird, Or, The Little Girl who Knew what was Going to HappenGrant and Griffith (successors to Newbery and Harris,) corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, 1856 - Aunts - 96 pages |
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... secrets . ” " O , but you may quite depend upon me ! " said Rose , drawing herself up , " I can keep a secret as well as any- body . " " What ! from your Aunt , Miss Tatchet , and your Uncle , Captain Wilton , that you expect to day ...
... secrets . ” " O , but you may quite depend upon me ! " said Rose , drawing herself up , " I can keep a secret as well as any- body . " " What ! from your Aunt , Miss Tatchet , and your Uncle , Captain Wilton , that you expect to day ...
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... secret , especially when I want so much to have a talking bird . " Her head still running on the subject , she looked here and there , hoping to espy some little songster , and perhaps to hear it speak . But the winter had been ...
... secret , especially when I want so much to have a talking bird . " Her head still running on the subject , she looked here and there , hoping to espy some little songster , and perhaps to hear it speak . But the winter had been ...
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... secret ? " thought she , for until this moment , neither of the two little girls had a sorrow or a joy unshared by the other ; " and of what use will the dove be , unless it may talk ? " " O Rose , see how it pecks at the lump of sugar ...
... secret ? " thought she , for until this moment , neither of the two little girls had a sorrow or a joy unshared by the other ; " and of what use will the dove be , unless it may talk ? " " O Rose , see how it pecks at the lump of sugar ...
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... secret . " You are joking now , Rose ! " said Margaret ; " only parrots can talk , and very noisy and disagreeable they I am glad you did not find a parrot , for what would Aunt Tatchet have done then ? " are . " I am sure I don't know ...
... secret . " You are joking now , Rose ! " said Margaret ; " only parrots can talk , and very noisy and disagreeable they I am glad you did not find a parrot , for what would Aunt Tatchet have done then ? " are . " I am sure I don't know ...
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... secret more wonderful than that ; she says that birds can talk , and tell us everything that is going to happen ! " " What a wicked old woman she must have been ! " said Margaret ; " I would not have listened to a word she had to say ...
... secret more wonderful than that ; she says that birds can talk , and tell us everything that is going to happen ! " " What a wicked old woman she must have been ! " said Margaret ; " I would not have listened to a word she had to say ...
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