Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 274
n her stepmothercame into the room. She was truly astonished when she found the The Three Tasks 249 feathers finished. See, now, she said at last, whatpeople can do when they are industrious! But whyare you sitting there with your hands in your lap?Can you find nothing else to do? As she left… … ladle out the water from the pond that lies near thegarden, and if by evening you have not reached thebottom you know what you have to expect. The maiden took the spoon, and saw that it wasfull of holes; and even if it had not been it wouldhave been impossible for her to empty the pondwith it. She…
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