Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 · New York : Harper and Brothers, printers and publishers · leaf 144
She reached andreached, but she might as well have reached for themoon; she climbed and climbed, but she might as well PEPPER AND SALT 101 have climbed for the sun—for either one would have beenas easy to get as that which she wanted. At last she hadto give up trying for it, and her temper was none… … things, as she soon found, for she was no more able to getit than the other had been. Last of all came the mother, and she also strove topluck the apple. But it was no use. She had no moreluck of her trying than her daughters; all that the threecould do was to stand under the tree and look at the…
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