Funny Fables for Little FolksGriffith and Farran, successors to Newbery & Harris, corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, 1860 - Animals - 98 pages |
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... thought of that before . I have got legs like other people , why should not I try ? Here goes . 99 Off he went , scrambling , stumbling , blundering by himself , till he got to the middle of the pool , where , after a great effort to ...
... thought of that before . I have got legs like other people , why should not I try ? Here goes . 99 Off he went , scrambling , stumbling , blundering by himself , till he got to the middle of the pool , where , after a great effort to ...
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... thought of it makes me shudder . Even after I had managed to crawl out and bathe in the soft , healing night - dews , it was great and tedious suffering . The marks have remained to this day , for you know I have always been lame of one ...
... thought of it makes me shudder . Even after I had managed to crawl out and bathe in the soft , healing night - dews , it was great and tedious suffering . The marks have remained to this day , for you know I have always been lame of one ...
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... thought it was time to interfere ; so he gave way suddenly , and drew the Kettle down into a cosy place where the Pot could not reach . " For shame on you ! " fizzed the Ashes . This enraged the Pot more than ever , so then THE LITTLE ...
... thought it was time to interfere ; so he gave way suddenly , and drew the Kettle down into a cosy place where the Pot could not reach . " For shame on you ! " fizzed the Ashes . This enraged the Pot more than ever , so then THE LITTLE ...
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... thought of the matter before . I don't mind what I do myself I would as soon boil a poor man's kettle as cook a rich man's turtle soup . But then you know the poor man can't feed me as well as the rich man does , and I can't live on ...
... thought of the matter before . I don't mind what I do myself I would as soon boil a poor man's kettle as cook a rich man's turtle soup . But then you know the poor man can't feed me as well as the rich man does , and I can't live on ...
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... thought , if the village was worth seeing , how much more I should like to visit the town , which was about five or six miles off . I thought over this till I became quite discontented with my place , and miserable because I could not ...
... thought , if the village was worth seeing , how much more I should like to visit the town , which was about five or six miles off . I thought over this till I became quite discontented with my place , and miserable because I could not ...
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