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... rest . We have seen hummers ' nests on orange trees covered on the outside with the black scales which are so frequent on these trees . We have seen them on the sycamore trees all covered with the light yellow wool which grows on the ...
... rest . We have seen hummers ' nests on orange trees covered on the outside with the black scales which are so frequent on these trees . We have seen them on the sycamore trees all covered with the light yellow wool which grows on the ...
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... rest . In this way , these shrewd little creatures hope to deceive the shrikes and owls and hawks and boys . It is not easy to find a nest that looks just like everything about it . A VOYAGE AT DUSK FROM Lapland to Napland the way is ...
... rest . In this way , these shrewd little creatures hope to deceive the shrikes and owls and hawks and boys . It is not easy to find a nest that looks just like everything about it . A VOYAGE AT DUSK FROM Lapland to Napland the way is ...
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... rest . From Lapland to Napland the journey is past , And the Rockaby vessel is anchored at last , And the song that we murmur grows fainter and dies On the pillows of down where my little one lies . THE STORY OF A MOCKING BIRD . PART I ...
... rest . From Lapland to Napland the journey is past , And the Rockaby vessel is anchored at last , And the song that we murmur grows fainter and dies On the pillows of down where my little one lies . THE STORY OF A MOCKING BIRD . PART I ...
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... rest , and had more feeling for it . Shut up within the wire bars , whilst all the other birds were flying , so free and joyous , it reminded her of herself . It was a mocking bird , and sometimes it used to sing so that she could hear ...
... rest , and had more feeling for it . Shut up within the wire bars , whilst all the other birds were flying , so free and joyous , it reminded her of herself . It was a mocking bird , and sometimes it used to sing so that she could hear ...
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... away home , The field mouse has gone to her nest ; The daisies have shut up their sleepy red eyes , And the bees and the birds are at rest . Ladybird ! ladybird ! fly away home , The glowworm 44 STORIES OF CHILDHOOD AND NATURE.
... away home , The field mouse has gone to her nest ; The daisies have shut up their sleepy red eyes , And the bees and the birds are at rest . Ladybird ! ladybird ! fly away home , The glowworm 44 STORIES OF CHILDHOOD AND NATURE.
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