The ʻshaggy Dogʼ Story: Its Origin, Development, and Nature (with a Few Seemly Examples) |
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... field of popcorn . In that field there lay an even more mischievous boy , who , seeing the mule , quickly jumped up and fired the dry grass that grew around and among the corn . The blaze soon reached the stalks . The corn began to pop ...
... field of popcorn . In that field there lay an even more mischievous boy , who , seeing the mule , quickly jumped up and fired the dry grass that grew around and among the corn . The blaze soon reached the stalks . The corn began to pop ...
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... field . ' Well , good day to you , sir . It's been very pleasant chatting to you on this lovely June morning . ' ' Good day to you , sir . ' A little further along the lane , the townsman met a farmer , who said , ' Good morning 69 The ...
... field . ' Well , good day to you , sir . It's been very pleasant chatting to you on this lovely June morning . ' ' Good day to you , sir . ' A little further along the lane , the townsman met a farmer , who said , ' Good morning 69 The ...
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... field , in the vague hope of being able to lure some farm labourer from his labouring , the cap- tain espied a friendly - looking horse , by whose air of exceptional intelligence he felt deeply im- pressed and in whose hearing he ...
... field , in the vague hope of being able to lure some farm labourer from his labouring , the cap- tain espied a friendly - looking horse , by whose air of exceptional intelligence he felt deeply im- pressed and in whose hearing he ...
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