Journeys Through Bookland: A New and Original Plan for Reading Applied to the World's Best Literature for Children, Volume 2An anthology composed of selections of graduated reading difficulty that includes nursery rhymes, fables, fairy tales, poems, folk tales, short stories, historical accounts, biographical profiles, excerpts from longer works, and a usage guide designed to assist with the development of reading programs. |
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Page 57
... mouth and swal- low it in a hurry . But the Golden Touch was too nimble for him . He found his mouth full , not of mealy potato , but of solid metal , which so burned his tongue that he roared aloud , and , jumping up from the table ...
... mouth and swal- low it in a hurry . But the Golden Touch was too nimble for him . He found his mouth full , not of mealy potato , but of solid metal , which so burned his tongue that he roared aloud , and , jumping up from the table ...
Page 92
... mouth that dripped poison , and glaring , beady eyes ; and the other was a white - fanged , red - eyed wolf . These two monsters grew so rapidly that the king of the gods , looking down from his throne in the heavens , was struck with ...
... mouth that dripped poison , and glaring , beady eyes ; and the other was a white - fanged , red - eyed wolf . These two monsters grew so rapidly that the king of the gods , looking down from his throne in the heavens , was struck with ...
Page 93
... mouth . The question as to what should be done with the great wolf , Fenris , was not so easily answered . It seemed to all the gods that he had grown larger and fiercer in the brief time he had stood before them , and none of them ...
... mouth . The question as to what should be done with the great wolf , Fenris , was not so easily answered . It seemed to all the gods that he had grown larger and fiercer in the brief time he had stood before them , and none of them ...
Page 97
... mouth . " To refuse to do this was , as the gods knew , to admit that they had meant trickery , and thus to make Fenris hate them worse than ever . But what one of them was willing to sacrifice his hand ? Thor was no coward , but he ...
... mouth . " To refuse to do this was , as the gods knew , to admit that they had meant trickery , and thus to make Fenris hate them worse than ever . But what one of them was willing to sacrifice his hand ? Thor was no coward , but he ...
Page 98
... mouth , so that the hilt rested upon his lower jaw and the point pierced the roof of his mouth . They next fastened the cord to a rock , and left the wolf to writhe and strug- gle and shake the earth . So they were freed for a time from ...
... mouth , so that the hilt rested upon his lower jaw and the point pierced the roof of his mouth . They next fastened the cord to a rock , and left the wolf to writhe and strug- gle and shake the earth . So they were freed for a time from ...
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