Boys' and Girls' Bookshelf: Little journeys into booklandUniversity Society, 1912 |
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Page 47
... soon overtook the fleet - footed Hare . The Hare was going at the limit of his speed , but the Tortoise was going at the speed limit , and won the race by three miles and seven laps . When the Hare , in the course of time , arrived at ...
... soon overtook the fleet - footed Hare . The Hare was going at the limit of his speed , but the Tortoise was going at the speed limit , and won the race by three miles and seven laps . When the Hare , in the course of time , arrived at ...
Page 75
... soon I fell . " When I tried to get up I could not stand on my foot . I had hurt it in falling . " Now I knew that Watch and I must stay in the woods all night , unless some one came and found us . " I tried to be brave , but I cried ...
... soon I fell . " When I tried to get up I could not stand on my foot . I had hurt it in falling . " Now I knew that Watch and I must stay in the woods all night , unless some one came and found us . " I tried to be brave , but I cried ...
Page 158
... soon to leave the school after eight years . " Now , I'm as proud of the house as any one , " he said . " I believe it ' s the best house in the school , out - and - out . But it's a long way from what I want to see it . There's a deal ...
... soon to leave the school after eight years . " Now , I'm as proud of the house as any one , " he said . " I believe it ' s the best house in the school , out - and - out . But it's a long way from what I want to see it . There's a deal ...
Contents
OUR GREAT AMERICAN WRITERS PART I | 1 |
POEMS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES PART I | 14 |
FIVE GREAT ENGLISH WRITERS INTRODUCED TO LITTLE FOLK | 27 |
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