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... replied , " Why , what makes you think so ? " " Oh ! because they told me" They told you , " interrupted I ; " who told you ? " 66 " " Why , in a letter I got from home yesterday morning , they said I was to look for a gentleman that ...
... replied , " Why , what makes you think so ? " " Oh ! because they told me" They told you , " interrupted I ; " who told you ? " 66 " " Why , in a letter I got from home yesterday morning , they said I was to look for a gentleman that ...
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... replied , " I wish they did ; specially that old chub and the pike . But I do like to take notice of fishes and birds and other living creatures ; and I do so enjoy a walk like this by the river side , or a good ramble over the hills ...
... replied , " I wish they did ; specially that old chub and the pike . But I do like to take notice of fishes and birds and other living creatures ; and I do so enjoy a walk like this by the river side , or a good ramble over the hills ...
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... Something like it , " replied Jack . " Why , it is the buzzing of a bee . " 66 " Where is it , then ? " laughed Bob . " Somewhere here , in this long grass . It's got 27 entangled somehow , I should think . Ah ! 26 WALK THE FIRST .
... Something like it , " replied Jack . " Why , it is the buzzing of a bee . " 66 " Where is it , then ? " laughed Bob . " Somewhere here , in this long grass . It's got 27 entangled somehow , I should think . Ah ! 26 WALK THE FIRST .
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... replied Bob , " and two of them we must have for our collection . You are right enough about the size ; they are , if anything , bigger than the partridge's egg , and that too , though the partridge is nearly five times as heavy as a ...
... replied Bob , " and two of them we must have for our collection . You are right enough about the size ; they are , if anything , bigger than the partridge's egg , and that too , though the partridge is nearly five times as heavy as a ...
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... replied with a smile . " Lift off those weeds which lie at the top , Master Robert . " Master Robert did so , and to his surprise no less than six eggs , —rather long in proportion to their width , and as large at the " little , " as at ...
... replied with a smile . " Lift off those weeds which lie at the top , Master Robert . " Master Robert did so , and to his surprise no less than six eggs , —rather long in proportion to their width , and as large at the " little , " as at ...
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