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... plover . Now , little Bib - neck ( although he did not grow the bib on his neck for days to come ) and his sis- ters grew tired of staying in the hole in the sand , as they had grown weary of remaining inside the eggshells . Soon they ...
... plover . Now , little Bib - neck ( although he did not grow the bib on his neck for days to come ) and his sis- ters grew tired of staying in the hole in the sand , as they had grown weary of remaining inside the eggshells . Soon they ...
Page 92
... plover to start , or move his head just a little , and thus disclose himself . But Bib - neck did not stir , although the shadow of the bird had fallen over him and the wicked , yellow eyes seemed to look straight into his as they ...
... plover to start , or move his head just a little , and thus disclose himself . But Bib - neck did not stir , although the shadow of the bird had fallen over him and the wicked , yellow eyes seemed to look straight into his as they ...
Page 94
... plovers , began to appear on the beaches . At night numbers of feathered forms appeared to be flying southward overhead , and strange voices called to each other out of the sky . All these sights seemed very new and wonderful to Bib ...
... plovers , began to appear on the beaches . At night numbers of feathered forms appeared to be flying southward overhead , and strange voices called to each other out of the sky . All these sights seemed very new and wonderful to Bib ...
Page 97
... plovers also , their rela- tives , the black - bellied plovers who live in the far north and were now on their way south , like so many other birds , to spend the winter months . The sight of these birds stirred Bib - neck's spirit the ...
... plovers also , their rela- tives , the black - bellied plovers who live in the far north and were now on their way south , like so many other birds , to spend the winter months . The sight of these birds stirred Bib - neck's spirit the ...
Page 98
Elizabeth Virginia Brown. One evening a company of sandpipers and plovers came flying overhead . They called and piped so loudly that the plover family thought it was time for them to heed the warning . So they arose from the beach and ...
Elizabeth Virginia Brown. One evening a company of sandpipers and plovers came flying overhead . They called and piped so loudly that the plover family thought it was time for them to heed the warning . So they arose from the beach and ...
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