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 266
over theroad, with the stream just before him, sayingcontinually, I must be clean, I must be clean.He had got there on his own legs, between sleep andawake, as children will often get out of bed, andgo about the room, when they are not quite well.But he was not a bit surprised, and went on to… … 248 Tom, the Water Baby sight of his black face; and he dipped his feet in andfound it so cool, cool, cool; and he said, I will be afish; I will swim in the water; I must be clean, Imust be clean. So he pulled off all his clothes in such haste thathe tore some of them, which was easy enough…
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