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The book of fables and folk stories (1919)

Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin company · leaf 71

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ant ujwn theground. He was killed on the spot. In a moment the fairy was seen. She toldJacks mother everything, and how brave hehad been. And that was the end. The bean-stalk never grew again. THE FROG AND THE OX An Ox, grazing in a swampy meadow, sethis foot among a number of young Frogs,… … Big? said the old Frog. How big?Was it as big as this ? and she puffed herself out. Oh, a great deal bigger than that. Well, was it so big ? and she swelled her-self out more. Indeed, mother, it was; and if you were toburst yourself, you would never reach half itssize. The old Frog made one more…

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