Our white Violet, by Kay Spen, Volume 263 |
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Page 12
... coloured cups . But what are all the children so busy about in the summer - house at this time in the morning ? They have not had breakfast yet . And why are they making those long wreaths of flowers , and ranging them all round the ...
... coloured cups . But what are all the children so busy about in the summer - house at this time in the morning ? They have not had breakfast yet . And why are they making those long wreaths of flowers , and ranging them all round the ...
Page 17
... coloured silks , and cardboard for markers , and materials for all kinds of pretty work . For our Violet was very clever with her tiny fingers , and could knit , and sew , and make patchwork , and all sorts of little affairs ; 2 Baby ...
... coloured silks , and cardboard for markers , and materials for all kinds of pretty work . For our Violet was very clever with her tiny fingers , and could knit , and sew , and make patchwork , and all sorts of little affairs ; 2 Baby ...
Page 19
... coloured canary , in a new cage , hanging from the roof of the summer - house . ' For me ! O Edmund ! ' - as he unhooked the cage , and put it on Violet's lap . ' A real live dicky for my own ! I am the happiest little girl ! I am quite ...
... coloured canary , in a new cage , hanging from the roof of the summer - house . ' For me ! O Edmund ! ' - as he unhooked the cage , and put it on Violet's lap . ' A real live dicky for my own ! I am the happiest little girl ! I am quite ...
Page 37
... make them a scrap - book . ' And he unrolled some sheets of brightly coloured French pictures - scraps of all kinds boys and girls , birds and fishes , soldiers and horses , market - women and peasants , flowers and The Rainbow . 37.
... make them a scrap - book . ' And he unrolled some sheets of brightly coloured French pictures - scraps of all kinds boys and girls , birds and fishes , soldiers and horses , market - women and peasants , flowers and The Rainbow . 37.
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... coloured tips ; and then there's Squirt - he's a very lively one . We called him Squirt because when he was taken off the rock he actually squirted water up out of his horns into Eddy's face ! ' Gerty and May laughed very much at this ...
... coloured tips ; and then there's Squirt - he's a very lively one . We called him Squirt because when he was taken off the rock he actually squirted water up out of his horns into Eddy's face ! ' Gerty and May laughed very much at this ...
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