Laboulaye, Edouard, 1811-1883, McCandlish, Edward G., ill · New York : Harper · leaf 174
re when the heart is happy. When the old king died, full of years and honor, Carlinoand his lovely wife ascended the throne in turn. For half acentury, if history is to be believed, they neither raised thetaxes, shed a drop of blood, nor caused a tear to fall; andalthough more than a thousand years… … O NCE upon a time there was a handsome hen wholived like a great lady in the poultry-yard of arich farmer, surrounded by a numerous family whichclucked about her, and none of which clamored more loudlyor picked up the corn faster with his beak than a poorlittle deformed and crippled chicken. This…
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