Finikin and his gold pippin. An original tale (1852)
Chatelain, Clara de, 1807-1876 · Boston, Crosby, Nichols · leaf 70
existence was a mocking laugh that echoed distinctly across thelake, for after this Winikin could not remember what took place. Luckily for him, the lake was not deep; he quickly rose to thesurface, and the gentle waves bore him to the shore, where he layinsensible for several hours. … It was near daybreak when Winikin came to his senses again,and stared about him wondering whether all was a dream, orwhether he had really played the day before with Goldlocks. Thenhe saw one of the battledores lying beside him, and the lost shuttle-cock, which his playfellow had evidently left…
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