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... STORY OF " THE FROG THAT WENT A- -WOOING n 81 THE MISSION AMONG FLOWERS 99 THE FATAL EFFECTS OF CURIOSITY 117 THE LITTLE ARCHITECTS 128 THE GREAT REFORMER 138 THE ILL - TEMPERED WEATHERCOCK 152 THE WAR AMONG THE TOYS · 161 THE TOUR OF A ...
... STORY OF " THE FROG THAT WENT A- -WOOING n 81 THE MISSION AMONG FLOWERS 99 THE FATAL EFFECTS OF CURIOSITY 117 THE LITTLE ARCHITECTS 128 THE GREAT REFORMER 138 THE ILL - TEMPERED WEATHERCOCK 152 THE WAR AMONG THE TOYS · 161 THE TOUR OF A ...
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... Puddle in a most awful story ? She told him that she had scarcely had anything to eat , from week's end to week's end ; and , one day , he went sud- denly in , and caught her feasting on a great 58 LITTLE PITCHERS HAVE LONG EARS .
... Puddle in a most awful story ? She told him that she had scarcely had anything to eat , from week's end to week's end ; and , one day , he went sud- denly in , and caught her feasting on a great 58 LITTLE PITCHERS HAVE LONG EARS .
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... story of many domestic articles of common use would be curious and interesting enough , if they were all told from their beginning . And mine is not the least honourable lineage ; for I can trace my descent from the early Britons , long ...
... story of many domestic articles of common use would be curious and interesting enough , if they were all told from their beginning . And mine is not the least honourable lineage ; for I can trace my descent from the early Britons , long ...
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... story of it is so pretty , I must tell it to you before I go on with my own story . A little infant , dearly and tenderly beloved by its parents , fell sick , and , after many anxious nights and days of watching and nursing , died . The ...
... story of it is so pretty , I must tell it to you before I go on with my own story . A little infant , dearly and tenderly beloved by its parents , fell sick , and , after many anxious nights and days of watching and nursing , died . The ...
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... . Then , in the evenings , when all their work was done , sitting at the cottage door with her knit- ting , she would teach the little ones all she knew herself . Many were the stories and hymns with which AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BASKET . 77.
... . Then , in the evenings , when all their work was done , sitting at the cottage door with her knit- ting , she would teach the little ones all she knew herself . Many were the stories and hymns with which AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BASKET . 77.
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