Tag: Children’s Literature
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 22: Clover Blossoms and Sunflowers
“How d’ ye do, girls?” said Huldah Meserve, peeping in at the door. “Can you stop studying a minute and show me your room? Say, I’ve just been down to the store and bought me these gloves, for I was bound I wouldn’t wear mittens this winter; they’re simply too countrified. It’s your first year…
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The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad Chapter 12 Old Mr. Toad Shows His Tongue
Old Mr. Toad Shows His Tongue Audio To show one’s tongue, as you well know,Is not considered nice to do;But if it were like Mr. Toad’sI’d want to show it wouldn’t you? I’m quite sure you would. You see, if it were like Old Mr. Toad’s, it would be such a wonderful tongue that I…
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The Tale of Jolly Robin Chapter 22 SHOCKING MANNERS
SHOCKING MANNERS Jolly Robin tried his best to rouse Willie Whip-poor-will out of his daytime nap. But he had to admit to himself at last that his efforts were in vain. It was plain that Willie was too sleepy to understand what was said to him. And as for his learning a new song when…
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The Tale of Solomon Owl Chapter VII THE BLAZING EYES
Chapter VII THE BLAZING EYES It was some three hours after sunset when Solomon Owl at last reached Farmer Green’s place. All was quiet in the chicken house because the hens and roosters and their families had long since gone to roost. And except for a light that shone through a window, the farmhouse showed…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 21: The Sky Line Widens
The time so long and eagerly waited for had come, and Rebecca was a student at Wareham. Persons who had enjoyed the social bewilderments and advantages of foreign courts, or had mingled freely in the intellectual circles of great universities, might not have looked upon Wareham as an extraordinary experience; but it was as much…
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The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad Chapter 11 Old Mr. Toad’s Queer Tongue
Old Mr. Toad’s Queer Tongue Audio Old Mother Nature doth provideFor all her children, large or small.Her wisdom foresees all their needsAnd makes provision for them all. If you don’t believe it, just you go ask Old Mr. Toad, as Peter Rabbit did, how such a slow-moving fellow as he is can catch enough bugs…
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The Tale of Jolly Robin Chapter 21 A DOLEFUL DITTY
A DOLEFUL DITTY Jolly Robin often complained about the wailing of Willie Whip-poor-will. Willie lived in the woods, which were not far from the orchard. And it was annoying to Jolly to hear his call, “Whip-poor-will, whip-poor-will,” repeated over and over again for some two hours after Jolly’s bed-time. Neither did Jolly Robin enjoy being…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 20: A Change of Heart
“That niece of yours is the most remarkable girl I have seen in years,” said Mr. Burch when the door closed. “She seems to be turnin’ out smart enough lately, but she’s consid’able heedless,” answered Miranda, “an’ most too lively.” “We must remember that it is deficient, not excessive vitality, that makes the greatest trouble…
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The Tale of Solomon Owl Chapter VI SOLOMON NEEDS A CHANGE
Chapter VI SOLOMON NEEDS A CHANGE For some time Solomon Owl had known that a queer feeling was coming over him. And he could not think what it meant. He noticed, too, that his appetite was leaving him. Nothing seemed to taste good any more. So at last, one fine fall evening he went to…
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The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad Chapter 10: The Little Toads Start Out to See the World
Chapter 10 The Little Toads Start Out to See the World Audio The world is a wonderful great big placeAnd in it the young must roamTo learn what their elders have long since learned There’s never a place like home. It had been some time since Peter Rabbit had visited the Smiling Pool to watch…