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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 27

An illustration from The children's book; a collection of the best and most famous stories and poems in the English language, 1910, leaf 27 — re than themselves are apt to get into trouble. THE BOY AND THE NETTLE. A Boy playing in the fields was stung by aNettle. He ran home to his mother, telling herhe had but touched the weed and it had stunghim. It was just touching it that stung you,said she : the next time you meddle with a Net-tle… … some left over. That have not I, said the Wolf, you can count my ribs, I am so lean. Well,come with me, said the Dog, and you shallshare my supper. As they jogged along the Wolfspied a crease about the Dogs neck. Now whatmay that be? he asked, curiously. That?that is where my master puts a collar…

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