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Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)

Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 299

An illustration from Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date, 1916, leaf 299 — But presently, Grandmother, dear, she said,—And a little cry of surprise she gave,— What very, very large ears you have! Have I, indeed? said the Wolf, and smiled; Then that is the better to hear you, my child. And, Grandmother, the little girl cries, Why, I declare, you have such large eyes! Have… … And off in a trice he the bedclothes threw; Aha ! those big teeth are for eating yon.And faster than I can tell it to yon,The wicked Wolf from the bed up flew,And hnngry for snch delicious food,He ate np little Red Riding Hood,Who screamed and struggled — so they say —But she never w^as heard of…

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