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... talk , mother , ” said he crossly , " you know you can take a nice airing , and walk in the green fields whenever you like . You can wander among all those daisies and dock - leaves that you tell me of , and can return to the water when ...
... talk , mother , ” said he crossly , " you know you can take a nice airing , and walk in the green fields whenever you like . You can wander among all those daisies and dock - leaves that you tell me of , and can return to the water when ...
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... - with his thick foliage and squat figure - look like , near your slender and graceful form ? Why , that scrubby elm , yonder , is a capital foil for you . " " How can you talk such stuff ? " said THE FIR - TREE AND THE IVY . 11.
... - with his thick foliage and squat figure - look like , near your slender and graceful form ? Why , that scrubby elm , yonder , is a capital foil for you . " " How can you talk such stuff ? " said THE FIR - TREE AND THE IVY . 11.
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And Other Tales Frances Freeling Broderip. " How can you talk such stuff ? " said the Elm angrily ; " and fill that foolish young thing's head full of such nonsense ! He is a very fair little Fir , in his way , but not anything like the ...
And Other Tales Frances Freeling Broderip. " How can you talk such stuff ? " said the Elm angrily ; " and fill that foolish young thing's head full of such nonsense ! He is a very fair little Fir , in his way , but not anything like the ...
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... talk , " said the Pin , disdainfully , " you don't know any better ; you only run for your life with a long streamer through your head . What should you know about high life and its jewellery ? Now , I am in close contact with the ...
... talk , " said the Pin , disdainfully , " you don't know any better ; you only run for your life with a long streamer through your head . What should you know about high life and its jewellery ? Now , I am in close contact with the ...
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... talk , for I've a whole seam to go through ; and it tires me more to stop and gossip like this than it does to go through fifty gaps . Bless me ! why young people are not half what they were in my days . I am more active now , and at my ...
... talk , for I've a whole seam to go through ; and it tires me more to stop and gossip like this than it does to go through fifty gaps . Bless me ! why young people are not half what they were in my days . I am more active now , and at my ...
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