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Towards midnight he wanted to make up the fire , and , as he was blowing it up , something in one corner began to shriek : “ Miau , miau , how cold ent elf : we are ! " ? " " You fools ! ” he cried . “ What do you shriek for ?
Towards midnight he wanted to make up the fire , and , as he was blowing it up , something in one corner began to shriek : “ Miau , miau , how cold ent elf : we are ! " ? " " You fools ! ” he cried . “ What do you shriek for ?
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HOW THE ANIMALS SECURED FIRE A long , long time ago all the fire on the earth was owned by two old women . They kept it in a little mat house and would not let a spark escape . The animal people were shivering with cold and were sick ...
HOW THE ANIMALS SECURED FIRE A long , long time ago all the fire on the earth was owned by two old women . They kept it in a little mat house and would not let a spark escape . The animal people were shivering with cold and were sick ...
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Then Fox carried the stolen fire on a space , and so on in turn the animals kept up their flight , with the old women always close behind . At last the firebrand had been carried from one animal to another across the cold country until ...
Then Fox carried the stolen fire on a space , and so on in turn the animals kept up their flight , with the old women always close behind . At last the firebrand had been carried from one animal to another across the cold country until ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Book of Children's Literature |
| Editor | Lillian Hollowell |
| Publisher | Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1939 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 942 pages |
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