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The olive fairy book (1907)

Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill · London ; New York : Longmans, Green · leaf 164

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nd summoned his sisters STRANGE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE MAIA 135 to play with her; but they only stared rudely, andsaid : Where did you pick up that strange object ? Sheis very ugly to be sure, but one ought to pity her for shehas only two legs. Yes, and no feelers, added another ; and she is sothin!… … he had placed her, set her down upon a daisy whichgrew near the ground. Here Maia stayed for the whole summer, and reallywas not at all unhappy. She ventured to walk about byherself, and wove herself a bed of some blades of grass,and placed it under a clover leaf for shelter. The redcups that grew…

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