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Page 18
... Sometimes the flowers awake , stretch and get out of their buds before the sleepy leaves have stirred . This is true of the yellow jasmine and of the Japanese quince , which grow in the parks , as well as of the maple , the poplar , the ...
... Sometimes the flowers awake , stretch and get out of their buds before the sleepy leaves have stirred . This is true of the yellow jasmine and of the Japanese quince , which grow in the parks , as well as of the maple , the poplar , the ...
Page 29
... sometimes with rockers and some- times without . Birds do not make the cradle first and put the rocker on afterwards , as a cabinetmaker does . They first choose the best rockers in the market , CRADLE MAKING 29 Cradle Making.
... sometimes with rockers and some- times without . Birds do not make the cradle first and put the rocker on afterwards , as a cabinetmaker does . They first choose the best rockers in the market , CRADLE MAKING 29 Cradle Making.
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... Sometimes they do a very queer thing ; they find the rockers , and then build the cradle under them . Birds have ways of their own , and they are very good ways , as you shall see . The rockers for a bird's cradle are of the branches of ...
... Sometimes they do a very queer thing ; they find the rockers , and then build the cradle under them . Birds have ways of their own , and they are very good ways , as you shall see . The rockers for a bird's cradle are of the branches of ...
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... Sometimes a crib is blown out of the elbow of a tree because the nest in the elbow is not fastened by string , as it is in a bough , but is just tucked in between the great branches . Birds are very wise and select their boughs with ...
... Sometimes a crib is blown out of the elbow of a tree because the nest in the elbow is not fastened by string , as it is in a bough , but is just tucked in between the great branches . Birds are very wise and select their boughs with ...
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... Birds do not have to think about the cost of anything . There must be downy quilts in every nursery . These crib blankets are always on hand . Sometimes they are soft gray or brown in. 32 STORIES OF CHILDHOOD AND NATURE.
... Birds do not have to think about the cost of anything . There must be downy quilts in every nursery . These crib blankets are always on hand . Sometimes they are soft gray or brown in. 32 STORIES OF CHILDHOOD AND NATURE.
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