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 78
ly cared for. Ah! so you have made a discovery since yester-day? observed the stranger. Let us see, then.Which of these two things do you think is reallyworth the most—the gift of the Golden Touch, orone cup of clear, cold water? Oh, blessed water! exclaimed Midas. It willnever moisten my parched… … MARYGOLD WAS A GOLDEN STATUE ! 62 The Golden Touch your own little Marygold, warm, soft, and loving,as she was an hour ago? Oh, my child, my dear child! cried poor Midas,wringing his hands. I would not have given thatone small dimple in her chin for the power ofchanging this whole big earth into a…
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