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... you can't appreciate a mother's feelings . And I vow there's something amiss now ; here's a strange egg ! " " Pooh ! pooh ! " chuckled Mr. Hedge - sparrow , " you have missed counting . Try back again , 32 THE UGLY NURSELING .
... you can't appreciate a mother's feelings . And I vow there's something amiss now ; here's a strange egg ! " " Pooh ! pooh ! " chuckled Mr. Hedge - sparrow , " you have missed counting . Try back again , 32 THE UGLY NURSELING .
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And Other Tales Frances Freeling Broderip. " you have missed counting . Try back again , my dear . " " It doesn't signify talking , " insisted Mrs. Hempie . " I left only four eggs in it , and here are five . And I declare this one is of ...
And Other Tales Frances Freeling Broderip. " you have missed counting . Try back again , my dear . " " It doesn't signify talking , " insisted Mrs. Hempie . " I left only four eggs in it , and here are five . And I declare this one is of ...
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... ; but I dare say you won't be missed . " So saying , she sat down deliberately under the gorse bush , to discuss the still warm remains of the Ugly Nurseling ! 41 A DEBATE OUT OF THE HOUSE . THERE'S a 40 THE UGLY NURSELING .
... ; but I dare say you won't be missed . " So saying , she sat down deliberately under the gorse bush , to discuss the still warm remains of the Ugly Nurseling ! 41 A DEBATE OUT OF THE HOUSE . THERE'S a 40 THE UGLY NURSELING .
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... Miss Spike , of Clematis Lodge ? " " Oh , do tell us ! " " What can it be ? " said all the company , in chorus ; Miss Spike's own pail making herself especially conspicuous . " Well , " said the little Pitcher , giggling and gurgling ...
... Miss Spike , of Clematis Lodge ? " " Oh , do tell us ! " " What can it be ? " said all the company , in chorus ; Miss Spike's own pail making herself especially conspicuous . " Well , " said the little Pitcher , giggling and gurgling ...
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... Miss Spike was in convulsions , owing to an attack of temper ; and Mrs. Lackaday had fainted away , and could not be " brought to , " from sheer inanity ! So that everybody was in fits of some sort or other - and the village was in one ...
... Miss Spike was in convulsions , owing to an attack of temper ; and Mrs. Lackaday had fainted away , and could not be " brought to , " from sheer inanity ! So that everybody was in fits of some sort or other - and the village was in one ...
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