A Book of Children's LiteratureLillian Hollowell Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1939 - 942 pages |
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Page 41
... fire , how much colder they must be up there . " And as he was very compassionate , he mounted the ladder , undid them , and brought all seven down one by one . Then he blew up the fire , and placed them round it to warm themselves ...
... fire , how much colder they must be up there . " And as he was very compassionate , he mounted the ladder , undid them , and brought all seven down one by one . Then he blew up the fire , and placed them round it to warm themselves ...
Page 43
... fire . " As he spoke two big black cats bounded up and sat down , one on each side of him , and stared at him with ... fire again , than crowds of black cats and dogs swarmed out of every corner , more and more of them . They howled ...
... fire . " As he spoke two big black cats bounded up and sat down , one on each side of him , and stared at him with ... fire again , than crowds of black cats and dogs swarmed out of every corner , more and more of them . They howled ...
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... fire on a space , and so on in turn the animals kept their flight , with the old women always close behind . up At last the firebrand had been carried from one animal to another across the cold country until bushy - tailed Squirrel was ...
... fire on a space , and so on in turn the animals kept their flight , with the old women always close behind . up At last the firebrand had been carried from one animal to another across the cold country until bushy - tailed Squirrel was ...
Contents
ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND THE IRISH TALES | 3 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 5 |
GERMAN TALES | 21 |
Copyright | |
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