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The Tale of Solomon Owl Chapter XVII COUSIN SIMON SCREECHER
Chapter XVII COUSIN SIMON SCREECHER Solomon Owl had a small cousin named Simon Screecher. He was unlike Solomon in some respects, because he always wore ear-tufts, and his eyes were yellow instead of black. But in some other ways he was no different from Solomon Owl, for he was a noisy chap and dearly loved…
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Heidi Chapter 3 – Part 3
On The Pasture continued…. Heidi’s eyes were sparkling, and when he saw her with her commanding mien, he desisted and dropped his rope. “I’ll let him go, if you give me a piece of your cheese again to-morrow,” he said, for he wanted a compensation for his fright. “You may have it all to-morrow and…
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The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad Chapter 22 Old Mr. Toad Learns a Lesson
Old Mr. Toad Learns a Lesson Audio Pride is like a great big bubble;You’ll find there’s nothing in it.Prick it and for all your troubleIt has vanished in a minute. Old Mr. Toad was so puffed out with pride as he started for the Green Forest to dine with Buster Bear that those who saw…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 31: Aunt Miranda’s Apology
When Rebecca alighted from the train at Maplewood and hurried to the post office where the stage was standing, what was her joy to see uncle Jerry Cobb holding the horses’ heads. “The reg’lar driver ‘s sick,” he explained, “and when they sent for me, thinks I to myself, my drivin’ days is over, but…
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The Tale of Solomon Owl Chapter XVI NINE FIGHTS
Chapter XVI NINE FIGHTS The next evening, just at dusk, Jasper Jay and old Mr. Crow returned to Solomon Owl’s house, looking much bedraggled. One of Mr. Crow’s eyes was almost closed; and Jasper Jay’s crest seemed to have been torn half off his head. “What’s the matter?” asked Solomon, as soon as he saw…
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Heidi Chapter 3 – Part 2
On The Pasture continued… “Wake up, Peter!” Heidi called. “Look up, Peter, and see the eagle there!” Peter got wide wake, and then they both watched the bird breathlessly. It rose higher and higher into the azure, till it disappeared at last behind the mountain-peak. “Where has it gone?” Heidi asked. “Home to its nest,”…
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The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad Chapter 21 Old Mr. Toad Receives Another Invitation
Old Mr. Toad Receives Another Invitation Audio The friends and neighbors of Old Mr. Toad decided that he needed to be taught a lesson. At first, you know, every one had laughed at him, because he had grown too proud to speak to them, but after a little they grew tired of being treated so,…
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The Tale of Solomon Owl Chapter XV DISPUTES SETTLED
Chapter XV DISPUTES SETTLED Solomon Owl looked so wise that many of his neighbors fell into the habit of going to him for advice. If two of the forest folk chanced to have a dispute which they could not settle between them they frequently visited Solomon and asked him to decide which was in the…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 30: Goodbye, Sunnybrook!
Will Melville drove up to the window and, tossing a letter into Rebecca’s lap, went off to the barn on an errand. “Sister ‘s no worse, then,” sighed Aurelia gratefully, “or Jane would have telegraphed. See what she says.” Rebecca opened the envelope and read in one flash of an eye the whole brief page:…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 29: Mother and Daughter
Two months had gone by, two months of steady, fagging work; of cooking, washing, ironing; of mending and caring for the three children, although Jenny was fast becoming a notable little housewife, quick, ready, and capable. They were months in which there had been many a weary night of watching by Aurelia’s bedside; of soothing…