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... told him to do , but his interest in the boat was so keen that on he worked at the toy till the clock in the kitchen began to strike nine ! Then he was frightened , threw down his boat , and ran all the way to school ; but was , of ...
... told him to do , but his interest in the boat was so keen that on he worked at the toy till the clock in the kitchen began to strike nine ! Then he was frightened , threw down his boat , and ran all the way to school ; but was , of ...
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... told you I'd have done it myself ! I heard you promise him , and so I got to my washing at once ; but better for me if I'd just sat down and been idle , for the pig has got out , and trampled over all the things I'd spread out on the ...
... told you I'd have done it myself ! I heard you promise him , and so I got to my washing at once ; but better for me if I'd just sat down and been idle , for the pig has got out , and trampled over all the things I'd spread out on the ...
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... told , I ought ; " while the thought of the tears which so quickly clouded her bright blue eyes when " Father " spoke to " Bobby " with displeasure , always cut Robert to the heart . He could not bear to pain this little sister of his ...
... told , I ought ; " while the thought of the tears which so quickly clouded her bright blue eyes when " Father " spoke to " Bobby " with displeasure , always cut Robert to the heart . He could not bear to pain this little sister of his ...
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... told , he saw pictures of his lost home rise before him - pictures in which everything he had left was vividly recalled . The very rabbits in their hutch in the corner of the garden - his no more - were dearer to him now ; he wondered ...
... told , he saw pictures of his lost home rise before him - pictures in which everything he had left was vividly recalled . The very rabbits in their hutch in the corner of the garden - his no more - were dearer to him now ; he wondered ...
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... told the farmer , that " he hadn't no home now- that he came from down Petersfield way - and that he had come from his own place to look for work . " The woman was sorry to have made him cry ; she had heard talk of Petersfield , but had ...
... told the farmer , that " he hadn't no home now- that he came from down Petersfield way - and that he had come from his own place to look for work . " The woman was sorry to have made him cry ; she had heard talk of Petersfield , but had ...
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