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

Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston, New York : Houghton Miffin Company · leaf 301

An illustration from Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date, 1916, leaf 301 — 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 I,… … And oft 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 fi-om the bed np flew,And hnngry for such delicious food.He ate up little Red Riding Hood,Who screamed and struggled — so they say —But she never was heard of…

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