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Just now , the crop . of potatoes was being dug , and so John Pike and his wife were hard at work on their ridges . It was a long trudge from the village , and the weather was hot , so Mary had brought both her children with her .
Just now , the crop . of potatoes was being dug , and so John Pike and his wife were hard at work on their ridges . It was a long trudge from the village , and the weather was hot , so Mary had brought both her children with her .
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John soon saw what was the matter , and running back , snatched me hastily up , and ran to the side of the well . It was luckily an old one , long unused , and in consequence of the dry weather had but little water . It took John very ...
John soon saw what was the matter , and running back , snatched me hastily up , and ran to the side of the well . It was luckily an old one , long unused , and in consequence of the dry weather had but little water . It took John very ...
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But his mother had no time to give to her crops now , and John had more than he could manage with his fishing besides , and was not able to make it as profitable as usual . But all their poor neighbours were very kind to them ...
But his mother had no time to give to her crops now , and John had more than he could manage with his fishing besides , and was not able to make it as profitable as usual . But all their poor neighbours were very kind to them ...
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One day when John was almost out of heart and hope , he set off on a long ramble , hoping by diligent climbing and search to find at any rate a few rare birds ' nests in the crevices of the cliffs . Everything had gone worse even ...
One day when John was almost out of heart and hope , he set off on a long ramble , hoping by diligent climbing and search to find at any rate a few rare birds ' nests in the crevices of the cliffs . Everything had gone worse even ...
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been no fish caught worth mentioning for many days , and John's poor old patched and mended nets were rapidly falling to pieces in spite of all his care , while he was not able to buy enough bread for the little household , not to ...
been no fish caught worth mentioning for many days , and John's poor old patched and mended nets were rapidly falling to pieces in spite of all his care , while he was not able to buy enough bread for the little household , not to ...
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| Title | Tales of the Toys: Told by Themselves Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood Volume 246 of Tales of the toys, told by themselves, Frances Freeling Broderip |
| Author | Frances Freeling Broderip |
| Illustrated by | Tom Hood, Charles A. Ferrier |
| Publisher | Griffith and Farran, (Successors to Newbery and Harris), 1869 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 25 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 220 pages |
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