ee and making a noise like the cutting of wood. Whenthis had been done, the father returned home, leaving the diildren in the woods. When John and Mary had their baskets full of berries, and had eaten theirfill, they began to think of looking for their father. They went to the placewhere they heard… … Where is father, asked John ? Perhaps he has gone home and forgotten us. Now Mary had perfect trust in her father. She could not think that he wouldwilfully desert them. She said to John, Why do you think that? Surely heis somewhere near and will come for us, no doubt. So they waited forquite a…
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