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... creatures ! " murmured the little sparrow in astonishment . something more , Mr. Swallow . " " Do tell me " Well then , among my acquaintance in a country called India is a bird of your own species a - ahem ! —sort of sparrow who cannot ...
... creatures ! " murmured the little sparrow in astonishment . something more , Mr. Swallow . " " Do tell me " Well then , among my acquaintance in a country called India is a bird of your own species a - ahem ! —sort of sparrow who cannot ...
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... was so still and quiet , he seemed the only creature awake ; even the flowers of the field were fast asleep . Presently he began to feel hungry , and tried to beguile the time by hunting for something to eat , 16 ECHOES OF AN OLD BELL .
... was so still and quiet , he seemed the only creature awake ; even the flowers of the field were fast asleep . Presently he began to feel hungry , and tried to beguile the time by hunting for something to eat , 16 ECHOES OF AN OLD BELL .
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... withered shrub with long thorns , which was near his resting - place . The creature seemed busily employed sticking something on one of the thorns , and the next moment Cocky was startled by hearing shrill 26 ECHOES OF AN OLD BELL .
... withered shrub with long thorns , which was near his resting - place . The creature seemed busily employed sticking something on one of the thorns , and the next moment Cocky was startled by hearing shrill 26 ECHOES OF AN OLD BELL .
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... creature spite of its screams and struggles . The same thing happened again and again , until the bird had used all the thorns but one . Cocky was so terrified lest he should be the next victim , that his fears overcame his prudence ...
... creature spite of its screams and struggles . The same thing happened again and again , until the bird had used all the thorns but one . Cocky was so terrified lest he should be the next victim , that his fears overcame his prudence ...
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... creature , " he said , " don't flutter so , I won't hurt you ; " and he held him in his hand very carefully , until he got down on deck again . Then he went to the ship's carpenter , who gave him a large box in which he bored some holes ...
... creature , " he said , " don't flutter so , I won't hurt you ; " and he held him in his hand very carefully , until he got down on deck again . Then he went to the ship's carpenter , who gave him a large box in which he bored some holes ...
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Echoes of an Old Bell: And Other Tales of Fairy Lore (1865) Augusta Parker Pré-visualização indisponível - 2008 |
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ABSOLON African Wanderers baby beautiful began Bobby bright child Children cloth Cocky coloured cottage creature cried cuckoo cuttle-fish daughter dear delight Engravings exclaimed Eyebright eyes fairy Sunbeam fancy father Fcap fear flew flowers foolish Frontispiece gilt edges gnomes golden Good-nature Good-sense hand happy HARRISON WEIR heard heart History Hoppy Illustrations Jackdaw Jacky kind king laughed little bird little girl little princess little sparrow look Micky Miranda Mirza morocco mother nest never nice night Ogre Ogreland old Bell Old Tristam palace Pecky Pippo plain poor little pretty purse queen Queen Victoria racter replied Rose Second Edition sight sister sleep Small 4to soon sparrow Stella story suddenly Super Royal 16mo swallow tears tell thing THOMAS HOOD thought thrush tiny told tree ugly Venus's Looking-glass wicked wish woman wonderful woodcutter woodcutter's wife woodman words young girl
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