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... told his tale . " I was quite a boy when I first had True , " he said . 66 My old dad gave him to me on my birth day . True and I soon got to be great friends , I can tell you . He went with me to school , and would take my books for me ...
... told his tale . " I was quite a boy when I first had True , " he said . 66 My old dad gave him to me on my birth day . True and I soon got to be great friends , I can tell you . He went with me to school , and would take my books for me ...
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... told his tale . 66 " I was quite a boy when I first had True , " he said . My old dad gave him to me on my birth day . True and I great friends , I can tell you . soon got to be He went with me to school , and would take my books for me ...
... told his tale . 66 " I was quite a boy when I first had True , " he said . My old dad gave him to me on my birth day . True and I great friends , I can tell you . soon got to be He went with me to school , and would take my books for me ...
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... told his tale . " I was quite a boy when I first had True , " he said . " My old dad gave him to me on my birth day . True and I soon got to be great friends , I can tell you . He went with me to school , and would take my books for me ...
... told his tale . " I was quite a boy when I first had True , " he said . " My old dad gave him to me on my birth day . True and I soon got to be great friends , I can tell you . He went with me to school , and would take my books for me ...
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... were sore , Aunt Bell told them a tale . Tell us " Tell us a true tale , please , aunt . what you did when you were a small child . ” And this was Aunt Bell's tale . CHAPTER IX . POOR JANE . " WHEN I was THE FARM YARD . 55.
... were sore , Aunt Bell told them a tale . Tell us " Tell us a true tale , please , aunt . what you did when you were a small child . ” And this was Aunt Bell's tale . CHAPTER IX . POOR JANE . " WHEN I was THE FARM YARD . 55.
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... told you that Dame Mill taught me how to knit . I was quite proud when I had made a scarf all by my self , and took it to my friend Jane to wrap round her throat . She was too ill to sit up in her bed that day . She lay quite still in ...
... told you that Dame Mill taught me how to knit . I was quite proud when I had made a scarf all by my self , and took it to my friend Jane to wrap round her throat . She was too ill to sit up in her bed that day . She lay quite still in ...
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