A Book of Children's LiteratureLillian Hollowell Rinehart, 1955 - 697 pages |
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Page 182
... Miss Hickory had difficulty in turn- ing her head . It was a hickory nut that had grown with an especially sharp and pointed nose . Her eyes and mouth were inked on . Her body was an applewood twig formed like a body with two arms and ...
... Miss Hickory had difficulty in turn- ing her head . It was a hickory nut that had grown with an especially sharp and pointed nose . Her eyes and mouth were inked on . Her body was an applewood twig formed like a body with two arms and ...
Page 183
... Miss Hickory had once been part of a tree and he respected her for that ancestry . In certain ways they were alike . He waited for her to speak . " Well ? " she said at last . Crow folded his wings over his stomach and pointed his beak at ...
... Miss Hickory had once been part of a tree and he respected her for that ancestry . In certain ways they were alike . He waited for her to speak . " Well ? " she said at last . Crow folded his wings over his stomach and pointed his beak at ...
Page 184
... Miss Hickory could stand . She lost her temper . " I believe that this is all a piece of gossip on your part , Crow . I shall never believe that the Old Place is empty until I ask Mr. T. Willard- Brown [ the cat ] . He will tell me the ...
... Miss Hickory could stand . She lost her temper . " I believe that this is all a piece of gossip on your part , Crow . I shall never believe that the Old Place is empty until I ask Mr. T. Willard- Brown [ the cat ] . He will tell me the ...
Contents
HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF CHILDRENS | 96 |
William Pène du Bois 1917 | 199 |
FABLES | 214 |
Copyright | |
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