her side was Paris.Mrs. Primrose said theyought to take the furni-ture, but she left it allbehind except the tea-kettle. She was sure towant some tea on thevoyage. Ducky had fallenasleep, and they con-cluded to leave him athome. He was onlythree years old, and couldnot enjoy the eights. Joeput him… … THE CAPTIVE BUMBLE-BEE. Primrose and her teakettle. When she was about half way across,Ponto, the great house-dog, came rushing down the hill to go withthem. He struck against Mrs. Primrose, and over she went intothe brook; but her beloved teakettle flew over to the other side ofthe stream. Just…
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