A Treasury of Pleasure Books for Young PeopleJoseph Cundall |
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... leave ; " but , trust me , the changeling will be a fine trouble to you . " At last the great egg cracked . " Piep ! piep ! " cried the little terrified new - comer , as he broke through the shell . Oh , how big and how ugly he was ...
... leave ; " but , trust me , the changeling will be a fine trouble to you . " At last the great egg cracked . " Piep ! piep ! " cried the little terrified new - comer , as he broke through the shell . Oh , how big and how ugly he was ...
Page 6
... Leave him alone , " exclaimed his mother ; " he doesn't harm any one . " " Perhaps not , " answered the offending drake ; " but he is much too big for his age , and a beating will do him good . ” The mother smoothed his ruffled feathers ...
... Leave him alone , " exclaimed his mother ; " he doesn't harm any one . " " Perhaps not , " answered the offending drake ; " but he is much too big for his age , and a beating will do him good . ” The mother smoothed his ruffled feathers ...
Page 8
... leave to remain quietly lying amongst the reeds , and drinking a little marsh water . Here he lay two whole days . Then came two wild geese , who by chance were ganders , and having just broken out of the egg - shell , were very pert on ...
... leave to remain quietly lying amongst the reeds , and drinking a little marsh water . Here he lay two whole days . Then came two wild geese , who by chance were ganders , and having just broken out of the egg - shell , were very pert on ...
Page 12
... leaves in the wood became yellow and brown , and being driven by the wind , danced about in mournful eddies ; the air was quite biting , and on the hedge the crow sat and cried " Caw ! caw ! " from sheer cold . The poor persecuted ...
... leaves in the wood became yellow and brown , and being driven by the wind , danced about in mournful eddies ; the air was quite biting , and on the hedge the crow sat and cried " Caw ! caw ! " from sheer cold . The poor persecuted ...
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... ugly dark - green duckling , beheld a stately swan . hatched from a swan's egg ! He now blessed his. It matters little being born in a duck - yard , provided one is never leave you . " She then took off her. 15 THE UGLY LITTLE DUCK .
... ugly dark - green duckling , beheld a stately swan . hatched from a swan's egg ! He now blessed his. It matters little being born in a duck - yard , provided one is never leave you . " She then took off her. 15 THE UGLY LITTLE DUCK .
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