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came in. They are all mine, said the little robber girl, seizing oneof the nearest. She held it by the legs and shook it till it flappedits wings. Kiss it, she cried, dashing it at Gerdas face. Those are the wood pigeons, she added, pointing to somelaths fixed across a big hole high up on the… … THE SNOW QUEEN 207 ring round its neck. We have to keep him close too, or hewould run off. Every single night I tickle his neck with mybright knife, he is so frightened of it. The little girl produceda long knife out of a hole in the wall and drew it across thereindeers neck. The poor animal…
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