Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 158
the day. The giant scarce could stand upright,His staff shook in his hand, His mighty knees bent under him.He barely reached the land, And, staggering, set the infant down,And turned to scan his face ; When, lo ! he saw a halo brightWhich lit up all the place. I think the lesson is as good To-day… … 140 THE LITTLE OLD MAN IN THE FOREST. [January, THE LITTLE OLD MAN IN THE FOREST.By Hezekiah Butterworth. The New Years story I am about to tell iswell known to German children, all of whom gotripping through fairyland in the golden days ofchildhood. It was written by a good Germanbaron, Frederic…
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