Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 40
rinkle.But she does not stop, the little kind Benita, For her coaties draggled and her dripping shoe ;Only trips along with steps the fleeter, Smiling at the pretty sparkles of the dew. Cool and sweet it bubbles in the spring— Oh, be sure the loving little sisterHurries back, the healing draught to… … timidly she looks about to hearken. ,f. In its cradle-bed, not yet awake, Lies the baby-sister, wan and sickly;Every single morning, for her sake. Goes Benita through the woods so quickly.For the peevish lips are parched with fever, The little pale face is a piteous sight,And the water has no…
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