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... whole time if I let you go with your kind aunt ? " said their mam . " That we will , dear mum , " said Tom . And then all the rest said , " That we will . " In a few more days the aunt came to the house to fetch them . She took them all ...
... whole time if I let you go with your kind aunt ? " said their mam . " That we will , dear mum , " said Tom . And then all the rest said , " That we will . " In a few more days the aunt came to the house to fetch them . She took them all ...
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... whole time if I let you go with your kind aunt ? " said their mam . " That we will , dear mum , " said Tom . And then all the rest said , " That we will . " In a few more days the aunt came to the house to fetch them . She took them all ...
... whole time if I let you go with your kind aunt ? " said their mam . " That we will , dear mum , " said Tom . And then all the rest said , " That we will . " In a few more days the aunt came to the house to fetch them . She took them all ...
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... whole day . At least puss sat there the whole day , but Nell did not like to be still too long at a time , so she would run in and out of the house , and if she heard the mice make a noise at the back of the wall she would run and tell ...
... whole day . At least puss sat there the whole day , but Nell did not like to be still too long at a time , so she would run in and out of the house , and if she heard the mice make a noise at the back of the wall she would run and tell ...
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... whole week went by and they saw no more of Nell , but the cook said that she came each day while they were at school and ate her sop , and then ran off ; but where she went to the cook could not tell , for she did not much care ; she ...
... whole week went by and they saw no more of Nell , but the cook said that she came each day while they were at school and ate her sop , and then ran off ; but where she went to the cook could not tell , for she did not much care ; she ...
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... whole house , and they are still friends and play mates , though the wee kit is now a grown up big cat . They still sleep in the same bed , and , though kit may be at play at the top of the house , Nell will drag her the whole way by ...
... whole house , and they are still friends and play mates , though the wee kit is now a grown up big cat . They still sleep in the same bed , and , though kit may be at play at the top of the house , Nell will drag her the whole way by ...
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African Wanderers Aunt Bell BARBARA HUTTON birds boat Book boys and girls boys next door bright buds catch chicks child cloth elegant coloured Cork cows Dame Mill dear dolls eggs eyes face Fcap feet fish fond friends frock G. A. HENTY gilt edges glad half-crown hand HARRISON WEIR heard hurt Illustrations in-side Jack Jane John heard John took jump Kate kind kiss kits knew laugh look lost pups lots Miss Lake nice noise pig stye play poor Bob poor Nell puss romp rose buds rose tree shed Shillings and Sixpence Sir Charles smile soon stairs stood Stories sure tale tell things thought Tom and Fred Tom Jones twins walk week white cat woke yard
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