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Picture fables (1858)

Hey, Wilhelm, 1789-1854, Dalziel Brothers. egrs, Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894, Speckter, Otto, 1807-1871, Dalziel, George, 1815-1902, Dalziel, Edward, 1817-1905 · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 63

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FISH. LITTLE Fish, little Fish, listen to me,Watch not the bait there so greedily;T will enter your neck with a cruel sting,T will tear you sorely, you foolish thing ;See you not there, on the bank, the man ?Little Fish, little Fish, flee while you can. Little Fish thought he knew better than we:He… … BOY AND DUCK. BOY. Now, good old Duck, just tell to me The number of this your family.DUCK. Ive not learnd to count, I grieve to say,But do not think you can take one away;I keep them carefully all, dear Boy,For each of them gives me the greatest joy. She calld them all, in a motherly tone,And…

Fables, German · Children's poetry

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