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... heard these words he believed , and came out to the Falcon , who thereupon struck his talons into him and seized him . Cried the Partridge , " Is this that which you told me you had brought me from the field , and whereof you told me to ...
... heard these words he believed , and came out to the Falcon , who thereupon struck his talons into him and seized him . Cried the Partridge , " Is this that which you told me you had brought me from the field , and whereof you told me to ...
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... . Moreover , they had heard , and the report was true , that the man had been married several times before , and no one knew what had become of his wives . In order to become better acquainted with the women ,. 24 BLUEBEARD.
... . Moreover , they had heard , and the report was true , that the man had been married several times before , and no one knew what had become of his wives . In order to become better acquainted with the women ,. 24 BLUEBEARD.
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... heard that her husband had gone with his terrible blue beard . Then was there great merrymaking all over the house , and it was overrun from top to bottom with the excited guests , for all were consumed with the desire to see the ...
... heard that her husband had gone with his terrible blue beard . Then was there great merrymaking all over the house , and it was overrun from top to bottom with the excited guests , for all were consumed with the desire to see the ...
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... heard , and sent messen- gers to scour the land , and to pick up far and near any names they should come across . When the little man arrived she began with Kasper , Melchior , Belshazzer , Sheepshanks , Cruick- shanks , Spindleshanks ...
... heard , and sent messen- gers to scour the land , and to pick up far and near any names they should come across . When the little man arrived she began with Kasper , Melchior , Belshazzer , Sheepshanks , Cruick- shanks , Spindleshanks ...
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... heard them saying that he was the most beautiful of all the birds . Even the elder tree bent its branches straight down into the water before him , and the sun shone warm and mild. " THE NEW ONE IS MOST BEAUTIFUL ! " Light blue eyes ...
... heard them saying that he was the most beautiful of all the birds . Even the elder tree bent its branches straight down into the water before him , and the sun shone warm and mild. " THE NEW ONE IS MOST BEAUTIFUL ! " Light blue eyes ...
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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