Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 107
d blow on friend Toads back with that stick. O, ho ! cried the mouse, what s best to bedone with him ? To Judge Ox, said the toad; and nodding itshead to Frank, it hopped toward the gate, stillkeeping its bright eye on our little boy. Frank moved after the toad as if something drewhim that he could… … the ox raised his head, and awaited their arrivalwith the utmost gravity. When within about a yard of the ox, the toadsaid: , Your honor, I have just been struck in a griev-ous manner by this little boy. Assault and battery with intent to kill, utteredthe ox in a deep voice, at the same time…
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