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 143
ying this, I gathered a handful of small stones,and threw them up toward the apes. The stonesdid not go near them, but influenced by their in-stinctive mania for imitation, they instantly seizedall the cocoanuts within their reach, and sent a per-fect hail of them down upon us. Fritz was delighted… … THE MONKEYS THREW DOWN COCOANUTS splitting the nuts open with the hatchet, ate thecream which lined their shells. After this deliciousmeal, we thoroughly despised the lobster we hadbeen carrying, and threw it to Turk, who ate it The Swiss Family Robinson 127 gratefully; but far from being…
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