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Now I can have duck's eggs , provided the stupid thing be not a drake after all ! ”
added she . “ But we will let it remain on trial . ” And so the youngster remained
three weeks , but without laying any eggs , when , one morning , after a sleepless
...
Now I can have duck's eggs , provided the stupid thing be not a drake after all ! ”
added she . “ But we will let it remain on trial . ” And so the youngster remained
three weeks , but without laying any eggs , when , one morning , after a sleepless
...
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Then came two wild geese , who by chance were ganders , and having just
broken out of the egg - shell , were very pert on that account . · Listen , comrade ,
" said they ; " you are so ugly that we shall not object to you for a companion . Fly
with ...
Then came two wild geese , who by chance were ganders , and having just
broken out of the egg - shell , were very pert on that account . · Listen , comrade ,
" said they ; " you are so ugly that we shall not object to you for a companion . Fly
with ...
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THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG . then she thought she would buy a hen that
laid eggs well ; but after thinking and thinking for a long , long time , she thought
she would buy a pig ! So the old woman put up her broom in a closet , and then
got ...
THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG . then she thought she would buy a hen that
laid eggs well ; but after thinking and thinking for a long , long time , she thought
she would buy a pig ! So the old woman put up her broom in a closet , and then
got ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Treasury of Pleasure Books, for Young People |
| Editor | Joseph Cundall |
| Publisher | Sheldon, Blakeman & Company, 1858 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 17 Nov 2005 |
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