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... BEAUTIFUL " SHE OPENED IT AND SAW A METAL DISK HER GREATEST PLEASURE WAS TO LOOK INTO THE MIRROR YEARNING LOVE THE FIGURE OF A STRANGER IN THE SUNBEAM THE GOLDEN TOUCH ( Halftone ) THE SWALLOWS AND THE STORK CAME THE FAT MAN TOLD ABOUT ...
... BEAUTIFUL " SHE OPENED IT AND SAW A METAL DISK HER GREATEST PLEASURE WAS TO LOOK INTO THE MIRROR YEARNING LOVE THE FIGURE OF A STRANGER IN THE SUNBEAM THE GOLDEN TOUCH ( Halftone ) THE SWALLOWS AND THE STORK CAME THE FAT MAN TOLD ABOUT ...
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... beautiful fairy floated down from heaven , and softly said , " Thy wish is granted thee . " So the poor stonecutter found himself rich and powerful and resting easily on his silken couch with its red curtain . As he gazed out , however ...
... beautiful fairy floated down from heaven , and softly said , " Thy wish is granted thee . " So the poor stonecutter found himself rich and powerful and resting easily on his silken couch with its red curtain . As he gazed out , however ...
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... beautiful homes and who was fairly rolling in wealth . He had town houses and castles in the country , all filled with rich furniture and costly vessels of gold and silver . In spite of all his riches , however , nobody liked the man ...
... beautiful homes and who was fairly rolling in wealth . He had town houses and castles in the country , all filled with rich furniture and costly vessels of gold and silver . In spite of all his riches , however , nobody liked the man ...
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... the table ; here are the keys of my money chests , where you will find gold and silver in abundance and many caskets containing beautiful jewels which you have not yet seen ; and here is a pass key which BLUEBEARD 25.
... the table ; here are the keys of my money chests , where you will find gold and silver in abundance and many caskets containing beautiful jewels which you have not yet seen ; and here is a pass key which BLUEBEARD 25.
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... beautiful town and country houses were constantly filled with guests , who , after they had convinced themselves that the cruel master was actually dead , made the rooms ring with their joyous laughter and talking . { r \ RV® >> LULLABY ...
... beautiful town and country houses were constantly filled with guests , who , after they had convinced themselves that the cruel master was actually dead , made the rooms ring with their joyous laughter and talking . { r \ RV® >> LULLABY ...
Contents
GERDA ON THE REINDEERS BACK Marion Miller | 191 |
GERDA KISSED HIS CHEEK Marion Miller | 201 |
THE CHIMERA Nathaniel Hawthorne | 208 |
THE IMAGE IN THE WATER Frank H Young | 221 |
PEGASUS DARTED DOWN ASLANT D A Peterson | 234 |
PICTUREBOOKS IN WINTER Robert Louis Stevenson | 240 |
PHAETHON PULLED AT THE REINS M L Spoor | 250 |
THE ENGLISH ROBIN Harrison Weir | 253 |
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THE FIR TREE Hans Christian Andersen | 95 |
THE SWALLOWS AND THE STORK CAME II L Gaye | 97 |
THE FAT MAN TOLD ABOUT KLUMPEYDUMPEY H L Gage | 103 |
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN | 110 |
A VISIT FROM SAINT NICHOLAS Clement C Moore | 117 |
THE WORKSHOP OF THE DWARFS I O Reese | 127 |
THE DEATH OF BALDER | 129 |
HODER HURLED THE DART W O Reese | 135 |
THE PUNISHMENT OF LOKI | 143 |
THORS HAND GRIPPED HIM W O Reese | 149 |
AFTERWHILE James Whitcomb Riley | 152 |
SHUFFLESHOON AND AMBERLOCKS Marion Miller | 154 |
IT WAS THE SNOW QUEEN Marion Miller | 164 |
THE CROW STOPPED TO LOOK AT HER Marion Miller | 177 |
THE IRISHWOMAN Katherine Maxey | 264 |
HARTHOVER PLACE Katherine Maxey | 271 |
TOM WENT Down Katherine Maxey | 285 |
HE DIPPED HIS FEET IN Katherine Maxey | 294 |
THE OLD DAME CAME OUT TOO Katherine Maxey | 300 |
TAILPIECE Katherine Maxey | 306 |
TOM AND THE DRAGON FLY Katherine Maxey | 314 |
THE SALMON LOOKED AT TOM FIERCELY Katherine Maxey | 331 |
TOM WOULD HAVE BEEN QUITE HAPPY Katherine Maxey | 341 |
TOM DIVED Katherine Maxey | 351 |
MRS BEDONEBYASYOUDID Katherine Maxey | 363 |
SHE TOOK TOM IN HER ARMS Katherine Maxey | 373 |
TOM THE WATER BABY Halftone Mary Spoor | 396 |
TOM AND THE PETRELS Katherine Maxey | 401 |
MOTHER CAREY Katherine Maxey | 407 |
THE FAIRIES OF THE CALDONLOW Mary Howitt | 435 |
THE HARPERS THEY WERE NINE Marion Miller | 436 |
A LITTLE BOY HUNG DOWN HIS HEAD W E Scott | 442 |
THE FIRST SNOWFALL James Russell Lowell | 443 |
MORDECAI CRIED WITH A LOUD AND BITTER | 451 |
HAMAN WAS AFRAID Beatrice Braidwood | 457 |
THE DARNINGNEEDLE Hans Christian Andersen | 462 |
PLUTO APPEARS George Werveke | 469 |
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