Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 853
ernment ! He smiledas he spoke of this, but said he was very well con-tented where he was, and thought he shouldremain. All which has to be very briefly told ; for it wouldtake many chapters still to relate how Jacob, bythe exercise of patience, perseverance and self-con-trol had become not only a… … All at once an idea struck him,And he broke into a smile. I have it ! cried he, joyfully ; Ill fix that crocodile! Then he trotted through the rushesUntil he reached dry land, When he crept along quite silentlyTo a mound in the hot sand, Where the crocodile had buried Her eggs, because she knewThe…
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