Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 321
ING THE WORLD. Peep ! peep ! cried poor little Red-top. I ran awayfrom my mamma, ?nd now I am lost—peep! p-e-e-p!What shall I do ? And—peep, p-e-e-p !—a bad boy came at me with astick, to kill me all dead ; and I had to squeeze throughsuch a small hole in a fence ! A brown toad lived there.He tried… … Then I ran up here, where I can see the whole world.Dear me, how big it is ! I am so cold, and I want to eata worm ! My mamma knows how to scratch for them—Idont. Oh! where is she?—-peep! Mamma, mam-ma—peep ! Oh, if I could find her, I would never, never runaway again—peep ! p-e-e-e-e-p! 1874-1 FOR…
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