The children's book; a collection of the best and most famous stories and poems in the English language (1910)
Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 · Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company · leaf 126
a message asking leaveto speak with him, adding that he was unwillingto pass so near his castle without paying his re-spects to him. The ogre received him as civilly as it is in thenature of an ogre to do, and bade him rest him-. self. I have been told, said Puss, that you havethe power of… … When Puss saw a lion before him, he was seizedwith such a fright that he scrambled up to theroof, although it was no easy job, owing to hisboots, which were not intended for walking in agutter and over tiles. At last perceiving that the ogre had returned tohis natural shape. Puss came down again,…
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