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... fine speckled wings Will flag with the close - clinging damp . Ladybird ! ladybird ! fly away home , The fairy bells tinkle afar ; Make haste , or they'll catch you , and harness you fast With a cobweb to Oberon's car . ONE OF THE ...
... fine speckled wings Will flag with the close - clinging damp . Ladybird ! ladybird ! fly away home , The fairy bells tinkle afar ; Make haste , or they'll catch you , and harness you fast With a cobweb to Oberon's car . ONE OF THE ...
Page 85
... fine fabric called grass cloth is made from the leaves , and a black dye is obtained from the stem . The leaves are also used for thatching rude huts ; but as the stems do not harden into wood , they are not so useful as those of the ...
... fine fabric called grass cloth is made from the leaves , and a black dye is obtained from the stem . The leaves are also used for thatching rude huts ; but as the stems do not harden into wood , they are not so useful as those of the ...
Page 97
... fine - looking birds was seen feeding on the beach . If the old plovers had really known , they might have told their chil- dren that these birds were plovers also , their rela- tives , the black - bellied plovers who live in the far ...
... fine - looking birds was seen feeding on the beach . If the old plovers had really known , they might have told their chil- dren that these birds were plovers also , their rela- tives , the black - bellied plovers who live in the far ...
Page 118
... fine bird , and she knew it . " Pretty Polly ! Nice Polly ! Good Polly ! " said Polly , flapping her wings and turning and twisting her little head coaxingly toward the child , who reached up to imprint a kiss on her curved and glossy ...
... fine bird , and she knew it . " Pretty Polly ! Nice Polly ! Good Polly ! " said Polly , flapping her wings and turning and twisting her little head coaxingly toward the child , who reached up to imprint a kiss on her curved and glossy ...
Page 150
... fine feathers " because they grow on the bird's head as our hair does on our own . hair , " See how Mrs. Bird lifts her crown and separates the soft feathers , and fixes her frizzes or bangs , if she wears them . After she has combed ...
... fine feathers " because they grow on the bird's head as our hair does on our own . hair , " See how Mrs. Bird lifts her crown and separates the soft feathers , and fixes her frizzes or bangs , if she wears them . After she has combed ...
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