The stolen cherries; or, Tell the truth at once, Volume 250 |
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... feet . Everybody laughed and screamed , as children may at haymaking time ; but the jolting of the waggon made Hugh and Harry feel rather sick , for besides their having eaten many more cher- ries than were good for them , and the ...
... feet . Everybody laughed and screamed , as children may at haymaking time ; but the jolting of the waggon made Hugh and Harry feel rather sick , for besides their having eaten many more cher- ries than were good for them , and the ...
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... feet , and was seizing hold of the loaf of bread . Guy pushed the pig with all his might , but pig only grunted , and was too wise to let go the bread . Hugh was surprised at Guy pushing the pig , for he had an idea that all animals ...
... feet , and was seizing hold of the loaf of bread . Guy pushed the pig with all his might , but pig only grunted , and was too wise to let go the bread . Hugh was surprised at Guy pushing the pig , for he had an idea that all animals ...
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... feet all over the cloth ; but the children were too hungry to wait to have it changed - all excepting Hugh ; the cherry - stones were still rattling about inside him , and it turned him sick even to look at the cake . Aunt Sophy seemed ...
... feet all over the cloth ; but the children were too hungry to wait to have it changed - all excepting Hugh ; the cherry - stones were still rattling about inside him , and it turned him sick even to look at the cake . Aunt Sophy seemed ...
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... feet- marks sure enough . Two sizes of marks there is . Then Hugh thought of , and said again , a very wicked thing . ' I remember , ' he said , ' I remember now that , when Harry and I were running in the field after birds ' nests ...
... feet- marks sure enough . Two sizes of marks there is . Then Hugh thought of , and said again , a very wicked thing . ' I remember , ' he said , ' I remember now that , when Harry and I were running in the field after birds ' nests ...
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... feet without any socks ; and with his face unwashed and his hair looking as if he had been crawling under the bed , he crept down stairs . He and Hugh went very slowly and softly lest they should be seen or heard ; and every time one of ...
... feet without any socks ; and with his face unwashed and his hair looking as if he had been crawling under the bed , he crept down stairs . He and Hugh went very slowly and softly lest they should be seen or heard ; and every time one of ...
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