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... jumping and bobbing up and down , and knocking against each other , as if they were alive , and struggling to get out . He put in his hand and thrust them down ; but they resisted it and jumped up again , and clattered about like things ...
... jumping and bobbing up and down , and knocking against each other , as if they were alive , and struggling to get out . He put in his hand and thrust them down ; but they resisted it and jumped up again , and clattered about like things ...
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... jumping wal- nuts ? ' exclaimed Eoc . He opened his window and threw them out , shutting it again quickly ; but when he turned round , he found them dancing on his bed . Then he locked them up in his box , but no sooner had he done so ...
... jumping wal- nuts ? ' exclaimed Eoc . He opened his window and threw them out , shutting it again quickly ; but when he turned round , he found them dancing on his bed . Then he locked them up in his box , but no sooner had he done so ...
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... jumped on the horse's back and rode out too ; if he climbed a tree and sat on a bough , they hopped upon it ; if he sailed away in a boat in the water , they floated after him . They were the torment of his life , he could not get away ...
... jumped on the horse's back and rode out too ; if he climbed a tree and sat on a bough , they hopped upon it ; if he sailed away in a boat in the water , they floated after him . They were the torment of his life , he could not get away ...
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... jumping round him ; and as he went along they jumped higher and higher in the air , and somehow his heart grew lighter . But when he reached the spot where the hut had been , it was gone , and there was a big walnut in its place . Eoc ...
... jumping round him ; and as he went along they jumped higher and higher in the air , and somehow his heart grew lighter . But when he reached the spot where the hut had been , it was gone , and there was a big walnut in its place . Eoc ...
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... jumping and bobbing up and down , and knocking against each other , as if they were alive , and struggling to get out . He put in his hand and thrust them down ; but they resisted it and jumped up again , and clattered about like things ...
... jumping and bobbing up and down , and knocking against each other , as if they were alive , and struggling to get out . He put in his hand and thrust them down ; but they resisted it and jumped up again , and clattered about like things ...
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