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... grew so short again that her chin knocked against the floor . Oh ! how I should like to be just like that little girl . And oh ! there were such funny pictures ; I could not help putting the nosegay down to look at them , and 6 AMY'S WISH .
... grew so short again that her chin knocked against the floor . Oh ! how I should like to be just like that little girl . And oh ! there were such funny pictures ; I could not help putting the nosegay down to look at them , and 6 AMY'S WISH .
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... look after the thing myself . You will find it hard work to conquer your habit of giving way to every impulse , my dear child , but if you try you will succeed at last . And there is another proverb you will do well to take as your ...
... look after the thing myself . You will find it hard work to conquer your habit of giving way to every impulse , my dear child , but if you try you will succeed at last . And there is another proverb you will do well to take as your ...
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... look so pretty , and are so hard to catch - so I am always wanting to catch them . ' ' Well , Amy , you must try to check this , or some day you will catch some birds you don't like , perhaps . Besides , unless you conquer this habit ...
... look so pretty , and are so hard to catch - so I am always wanting to catch them . ' ' Well , Amy , you must try to check this , or some day you will catch some birds you don't like , perhaps . Besides , unless you conquer this habit ...
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... Miss Amy , what's this letter ? ' she inquired , holding it up . ' Oh , papa's letter ! ' exclaimed Amy , clasping her hands with a look of dismay . ' I was to have put it in the post yesterday , and I forgot it . AMY'S HOME . II.
... Miss Amy , what's this letter ? ' she inquired , holding it up . ' Oh , papa's letter ! ' exclaimed Amy , clasping her hands with a look of dismay . ' I was to have put it in the post yesterday , and I forgot it . AMY'S HOME . II.
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... look of relief . ' Not quite that , ' said her father . We can never only punish ourselves . You have deprived your little friends of a pleasure also . But as they don't know of it , they are not conscious of the pleasure they have lost ...
... look of relief . ' Not quite that , ' said her father . We can never only punish ourselves . You have deprived your little friends of a pleasure also . But as they don't know of it , they are not conscious of the pleasure they have lost ...
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