Our white Violet, by Kay Spen, Volume 263 |
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... wonderful ' make - ups , ' as they called them . It was so nice and cosy , and Edmund did invent such funny things ! I can't help thinking that this long practice of making - up stories for Baby Bud's enjoy- ment helped him to become ...
... wonderful ' make - ups , ' as they called them . It was so nice and cosy , and Edmund did invent such funny things ! I can't help thinking that this long practice of making - up stories for Baby Bud's enjoy- ment helped him to become ...
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... wonderful secret going on , surely ! · Here's the pen and ink , Edmund , ' cried Mary , scampering in . I was so afraid Ellen wouldn't let me take it . — O dear ! ' in a voice of horror , ' I've inked my frock ! What will nurse say ...
... wonderful secret going on , surely ! · Here's the pen and ink , Edmund , ' cried Mary , scampering in . I was so afraid Ellen wouldn't let me take it . — O dear ! ' in a voice of horror , ' I've inked my frock ! What will nurse say ...
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... , which had been there ever since the moon had the small - pox . Up to this part of Edmund's story there had been wonderful quiet ; but when it came to the moon's having the small - pox all the children burst out 30 Our White Violet .
... , which had been there ever since the moon had the small - pox . Up to this part of Edmund's story there had been wonderful quiet ; but when it came to the moon's having the small - pox all the children burst out 30 Our White Violet .
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... wonderful , with its perfect colours melting one into the other . When it was quite gone , and the sky had begun to clear , Violet heard the merry voices of her little brothers and sisters coming down the stairs . They were going out in ...
... wonderful , with its perfect colours melting one into the other . When it was quite gone , and the sky had begun to clear , Violet heard the merry voices of her little brothers and sisters coming down the stairs . They were going out in ...
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... wonderful , ' Eddy said . He had floated out to sea , and had been picked up insen- sible , by a small boat belonging to a merchant ship on her way to America . The captain had been very kind to him , but could not turn out of his ...
... wonderful , ' Eddy said . He had floated out to sea , and had been picked up insen- sible , by a small boat belonging to a merchant ship on her way to America . The captain had been very kind to him , but could not turn out of his ...
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