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 377
h that you were me ? You have seen the scarlet treesAnd the lions over seas;You have eaten ostrich eggs,And turned the turtles off their legs. Such a life is very fine,But its not so nice as mine:You must often, as you trod,Have wearied not to be abroad. You have curious things to eat,I am fed on… … By WiLHELM AND JaKOB GrIMM ONCE upon a time there lived a king who had abeautiful pleasure garden behind his castle, inwhich grew a tree which bore golden apples; as theapples ripened they were counted, and every morn-ing one would be missing. The king noticed this,and ordered that every night…
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