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

Forbes, Edith Emerson, comp · Boston, Houghton · leaf 231

An illustration from Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago; and some others of later date, 1916, leaf 231 — utside. But the goose only opened one window-pane, And popped out her pretty red bill.Said she, Your fair words are all in vain, But talk to me here if you will. To-morrow, he cried, there will be a fair,All the birds and the beasts will go;So allow me, I pray, to escort you there.For you will be… … In the morning, howeer, her mind she changed,And she thought she would go to the fair; So her numerous feathers she nicely arranged.And cleaned her red bill with much care. She went, I believe, before it was light.For of Reynard she felt much fear; THE FOX AND THE GEESE 213

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