A Book of Children's LiteratureLillian Hollowell Rinehart, 1955 - 697 pages |
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... fire , and sometimes water . If he is breathing fire you will be burnt up , but if it is only water , you will easily be able to catch some in a little bottle . What else do you want ? " For Wang Chih still lingered at the mouth of the ...
... fire , and sometimes water . If he is breathing fire you will be burnt up , but if it is only water , you will easily be able to catch some in a little bottle . What else do you want ? " For Wang Chih still lingered at the mouth of the ...
Page 232
... fire . Then the animals begged earnestly : " Oh , lend us a brand just for a few minutes . Our teeth are chattering and our stomachs refuse the uncooked meat . We pray you , Old Women , lend us a fire- brand . " Then the animals piled ...
... fire . Then the animals begged earnestly : " Oh , lend us a brand just for a few minutes . Our teeth are chattering and our stomachs refuse the uncooked meat . We pray you , Old Women , lend us a fire- brand . " Then the animals piled ...
Page 305
... fire and venom all the way before him , and at last rolled over the pit where Sigurd lay . Thrust- ing his sword up over his head into the heart of the dragon , he killed him and then leaped aside from the pit and the gushing river of ...
... fire and venom all the way before him , and at last rolled over the pit where Sigurd lay . Thrust- ing his sword up over his head into the heart of the dragon , he killed him and then leaped aside from the pit and the gushing river of ...
Contents
HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF CHILDRENS | 96 |
William Pène du Bois 1917 | 199 |
FABLES | 214 |
Copyright | |
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