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... seen them often . The leaves , flowers and fruit of the plant all have an unpleasant odor , which accounts for its name . It belongs , though , to the same family as the beautiful calla lily and your friend Jack - in - the- pulpit . I ...
... seen them often . The leaves , flowers and fruit of the plant all have an unpleasant odor , which accounts for its name . It belongs , though , to the same family as the beautiful calla lily and your friend Jack - in - the- pulpit . I ...
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... seen . Hear him whistle the scale , one note after the other , clear and loud ! Listen again ! From the same place you hear an old man chuckle and laugh , but no old man is in sight . If you turn away to look for him , you hear a saucy ...
... seen . Hear him whistle the scale , one note after the other , clear and loud ! Listen again ! From the same place you hear an old man chuckle and laugh , but no old man is in sight . If you turn away to look for him , you hear a saucy ...
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... seen . When he reached the fence , he followed it till he came to the open gate , when he took to the road as confidently as if he knew for a certainty that it would lead him straight to his mate . How eagerly he paddled along ...
... seen . When he reached the fence , he followed it till he came to the open gate , when he took to the road as confidently as if he knew for a certainty that it would lead him straight to his mate . How eagerly he paddled along ...
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... seen ; he paused , glanced up it , then down it , then at the highway across it , and quickly con- cluded this last was his course . On he went again , faster and faster . He had now gone one half the distance and was getting tired . A ...
... seen ; he paused , glanced up it , then down it , then at the highway across it , and quickly con- cluded this last was his course . On he went again , faster and faster . He had now gone one half the distance and was getting tired . A ...
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... 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 backs of the ...
... 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 backs of the ...
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