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... flower in her hand as a token of friendship . When they joined the rest of the party , they found them all making pancakes , and trying who should spring highest ; and this served for the supper being laid out in grand style on the ...
... flower in her hand as a token of friendship . When they joined the rest of the party , they found them all making pancakes , and trying who should spring highest ; and this served for the supper being laid out in grand style on the ...
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... flowers , who were more kindly disposed to receive him , than he was to acknowledge them . The poppies patted him on the back , in the most amicable way possible , but he called them " flaunting things , " and would not speak to them ...
... flowers , who were more kindly disposed to receive him , than he was to acknowledge them . The poppies patted him on the back , in the most amicable way possible , but he called them " flaunting things , " and would not speak to them ...
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... use that straw is put to now - a - days . The little common wheat- ears , as they grow in the fields among poppies and corn - flowers , little dream of what their future destiny is to be , and that after a ONE STRAW . 59.
... use that straw is put to now - a - days . The little common wheat- ears , as they grow in the fields among poppies and corn - flowers , little dream of what their future destiny is to be , and that after a ONE STRAW . 59.
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... , sure enough , A goodly feast that day ! " I'll lay me out a garden And build a shady bower , I'll plant there dulse and tangle , And many a shore - grown flower . Stone - crop , and yellow poppy That by the SAND MASONS . 63.
... , sure enough , A goodly feast that day ! " I'll lay me out a garden And build a shady bower , I'll plant there dulse and tangle , And many a shore - grown flower . Stone - crop , and yellow poppy That by the SAND MASONS . 63.
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... flowers to pieces , so that the damp earth was covered with the many - coloured petals . Indeed , I am heartily sorry now for my gust of temper , for I am sure I must have done a great deal of harm . " " That's but slight mischief ...
... flowers to pieces , so that the damp earth was covered with the many - coloured petals . Indeed , I am heartily sorry now for my gust of temper , for I am sure I must have done a great deal of harm . " " That's but slight mischief ...
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