Tales from Catland, for little kittens, by an old tabby [signed Tabitha Grimalkin]. |
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... pretty little bas- kets lined with yellow satin , and made so delight- fully soft and warm , that it almost made one go to sleep only to look at them . Nevertheless , Fris- karina lay awake a whole quarter of an hour , turn- ing over a ...
... pretty little bas- kets lined with yellow satin , and made so delight- fully soft and warm , that it almost made one go to sleep only to look at them . Nevertheless , Fris- karina lay awake a whole quarter of an hour , turn- ing over a ...
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... pretty thing , indeed ! -what did Friskarina think the princess would say ? Friskarina meekly replied , that there would certainly be no thieving in the case ; for that their dinner was all their own , and if they did not eat it all ...
... pretty thing , indeed ! -what did Friskarina think the princess would say ? Friskarina meekly replied , that there would certainly be no thieving in the case ; for that their dinner was all their own , and if they did not eat it all ...
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... pretty Friskarina ! " cried the old lady ; and stooping down , she patted her back , saying , " So you were going to save your own dinner for me , you good little creature . " Friskarina looked at her with the utmost amaze- ment ; and ...
... pretty Friskarina ! " cried the old lady ; and stooping down , she patted her back , saying , " So you were going to save your own dinner for me , you good little creature . " Friskarina looked at her with the utmost amaze- ment ; and ...
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... pretty ornaments , her beautiful silver nautilus - shell , with its pale blue satin curtains , was gone also , and in its place , there was a plain little bed , with brown stuff fur- niture , so exceedingly ugly and dismal , that the ...
... pretty ornaments , her beautiful silver nautilus - shell , with its pale blue satin curtains , was gone also , and in its place , there was a plain little bed , with brown stuff fur- niture , so exceedingly ugly and dismal , that the ...
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... pretty row of cottages ; and such nice , neat old people lived in them - for , as for the young and healthy , the princess ordered them to go out into the world and earn their own livelihood . " But , did the princess ever get back her ...
... pretty row of cottages ; and such nice , neat old people lived in them - for , as for the young and healthy , the princess ordered them to go out into the world and earn their own livelihood . " But , did the princess ever get back her ...
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