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 215
stood a large farm-house. Theshutters outside the windows were closed, butlights shone through the crevices and at the top. I might get permission to stay here for thenight, thought Little Glaus ; so he went up tothe door and knocked. The farmers wife opened the door ; but whenshe heard what he… … Near to the farm-house stood a large hay-stack,and between it and the house was a small shed,with a thatched roof. I can lie up there, said Little Glaus, as hesaw the roof ; it will make a famous bed, but Ihope the stork will not fly down and bite mylegs ; for on it stood a living stork, whose…
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