African Pets: Or, Chats about Our Animal Friends in Natal : with a Sketch of Kaffir Life |
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... hear , and which will show them what a good thing it is to be cour- ageous , and that little boys and girls may be so just as well as grown - up people . - Harry and Nellie were the children of a friend of ours , who lived at one time ...
... hear , and which will show them what a good thing it is to be cour- ageous , and that little boys and girls may be so just as well as grown - up people . - Harry and Nellie were the children of a friend of ours , who lived at one time ...
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... hear nothing of the runaways . So we began to think they must have been stolen , particularly when weeks went by and we heard no news of them . At last one day , in looking over the advertise- ments in a newspaper , I lighted on one ...
... hear nothing of the runaways . So we began to think they must have been stolen , particularly when weeks went by and we heard no news of them . At last one day , in looking over the advertise- ments in a newspaper , I lighted on one ...
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... hear what any one said when he set up his shrill note . Now Ket , I must mention , was a great tra- veller ; indeed , he had travelled as many as sixteen thousand miles by sea , and was never the least frightened at being on board ship ...
... hear what any one said when he set up his shrill note . Now Ket , I must mention , was a great tra- veller ; indeed , he had travelled as many as sixteen thousand miles by sea , and was never the least frightened at being on board ship ...
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... and were always saying how glad we should be to hear his cheery voice again . He had been with us a long time , and it was sad he should have come to such an untimely end . Several days passed by , when one evening , on 62 AFRICAN PETS .
... and were always saying how glad we should be to hear his cheery voice again . He had been with us a long time , and it was sad he should have come to such an untimely end . Several days passed by , when one evening , on 62 AFRICAN PETS .
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... hear his cheery voice again . After all , he had only been stunned by his fall , and not in any way injured , only rather weak and dull for some days afterwards ; but the good doctor had taken such care of him that he had perfectly ...
... hear his cheery voice again . After all , he had only been stunned by his fall , and not in any way injured , only rather weak and dull for some days afterwards ; but the good doctor had taken such care of him that he had perfectly ...
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