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 164
ed the boy; there is nodanger just yet. I promise to cut the line myselfthe instant it is necessary! Let us catch this turtleif we possibly can. My dear boy, the turtle will be a very dearbargain, if he upsets all our goods into the sea, evenif he does not drown us too. For Heavens sake,be careful!… … OVERTURNING THE TURTLE too much for it, the creature again directed itscourse landward, drawing us rapidly after it. Thepart of the shore for which the turtle was makingwas considerably to the left of our usual landingplace. The beach there shelved very gradually,and at some distance from land we…
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