Two Tanglewood Tales: The Dragon's Teeth, The MinotaurC.E. Merrill, 1899 - 74 páginas |
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Ægeus Æthra answered Theseus Ariadne Athens Attica beautiful behold Blithedale Romance brave brazen brindled cow Brook Farm brothers Cadmus child Cilix companions creature Crete cried crown Dædalus daughter dear mother devoured dragon's teeth earth Edited by Edna Edna Henry Lee Ethra eyes fancied father flowers Franklin Pierce gallop giant goblet grew hand happened Hawthorne Hawthorne's head heard heart Henry Lee Turpin horn King Agenor King Egeus King Minos king's kingdom labyrinth little Europa living looked maiden marble meadow Medea Minotaur monster NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE never oracle oracle of Delphi palace phassa Phoenicia Phoenix poor Prince Theseus Procrustes Queen Telephassa Reader Grades Selected rock royal sails sandals Saronic Gulf seemed Selected and Edited sigh sister Europa smile snow-white bull sorrow spot stone sword Talus TANGLEWOOD TALES tears Thasus throne told Troezen vessel voice weary white bull wonderful young youth
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