The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 1G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Anthologies |
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Page 26
... replied the Wolf , " it was but a year ago that you called me many ill names . ' " Oh , Sir ! " said the Lamb , trembling , " a year ago I was not born . " " Well , " re- plied the Wolf , " if it was not you , it was your father , and ...
... replied the Wolf , " it was but a year ago that you called me many ill names . ' " Oh , Sir ! " said the Lamb , trembling , " a year ago I was not born . " " Well , " re- plied the Wolf , " if it was not you , it was your father , and ...
Page 28
... replied , that they were only suffering the punishment due to their folly , and that another time they would learn to let well alone , and not be dissatisfied with their natural condition . THE FOX AND THE STORK A Fox one day invited a ...
... replied , that they were only suffering the punishment due to their folly , and that another time they would learn to let well alone , and not be dissatisfied with their natural condition . THE FOX AND THE STORK A Fox one day invited a ...
Page 80
... replied the Mother - Duck . " It is not pretty , but it has a really good disposition , and swims as well as any other ; I may even say it swims better . I think it will grow up pretty , and become smaller in time ; it has lain too long ...
... replied the Mother - Duck . " It is not pretty , but it has a really good disposition , and swims as well as any other ; I may even say it swims better . I think it will grow up pretty , and become smaller in time ; it has lain too long ...
Page 84
... replied the Hen . And the Duckling went away . It swam on the water , and dived , but it was slighted by every creature because of its ugliness . Now came the autumn . The leaves in the forest turned yellow and brown ; the wind caught ...
... replied the Hen . And the Duckling went away . It swam on the water , and dived , but it was slighted by every creature because of its ugliness . Now came the autumn . The leaves in the forest turned yellow and brown ; the wind caught ...
Page 89
... replied the Moon . " I am on the wane , and the lamps never lighted me ; but , on the contrary , I've often given light for the lamps . " And with these words the Moon hid herself again behind the clouds , to be safe from further ...
... replied the Moon . " I am on the wane , and the lamps never lighted me ; but , on the contrary , I've often given light for the lamps . " And with these words the Moon hid herself again behind the clouds , to be safe from further ...
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