Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 45
walnut trees on the hill,and found empty snail shells by the dozen. Butthe best of all was. that she heard a bird cry outvery oddly right down in the marsh; she peepedout between the green branches and saw a big, bigbird swimming there ; it had a long blue neck andwhite breast, but its back was… … THE MONDAY MORNING WHIPPING. to come up again, but she waited and waited, andno bird came. She began to be afraid that thedear thing was drowned; then she saw it pop upfar away, almost midway out in the water. It beatits wings about so that great rings spread aroundit wider and wider on the smooth…
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