A Book of Children's LiteratureLillian Hollowell Rinehart, 1955 - 697 pages |
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Page 183
... wings comfortably , eased his toes and leaned against the wall . These two might spat and tiff , but they had fellow feelings . Crow made no pretensions ; he was a country man . The earth owed him a living and so he helped himself to ...
... wings comfortably , eased his toes and leaned against the wall . These two might spat and tiff , but they had fellow feelings . Crow made no pretensions ; he was a country man . The earth owed him a living and so he helped himself to ...
Page 241
... wings wavered , drooped . He fluttered his young hands vainly - he was falling - and in that terror he remembered . The heat of the sun had melted the wax from his wings ; the feathers were falling , one by one , like snowflakes ; and ...
... wings wavered , drooped . He fluttered his young hands vainly - he was falling - and in that terror he remembered . The heat of the sun had melted the wax from his wings ; the feathers were falling , one by one , like snowflakes ; and ...
Page 600
... wings . Alas , alack , they would not move ! Whatever ailed the things . Then round he wheeled and round he whirled , but all to no avail , As helpless as a little dog that tries to catch his tail . With skillful stitches , firm and ...
... wings . Alas , alack , they would not move ! Whatever ailed the things . Then round he wheeled and round he whirled , but all to no avail , As helpless as a little dog that tries to catch his tail . With skillful stitches , firm and ...
Contents
HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF CHILDRENS | 96 |
William Pène du Bois 1917 | 199 |
FABLES | 214 |
Copyright | |
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