Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 50
ie as if dead; and having arrangeda slide of polished wood upon the bank, by placing i877-l THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. 33 worms upon it I soon had them leaping out and there was nothing to attract but the fun of sliding, sliding down like so many boys coasting in the This kind of amusement is not… … THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. By Mrs. Clara Doty Bates. Old Granny Crickets rocking-chair, Creakety-creak, creakety-creak ! —Back and forth, and here and there, Squeakety-squeak, squeakety-squeak !—On the hearth-stone, every night, Rocks and rocks in the cheery light.Little old woman, dressed in…
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