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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 534

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aisy. He rose to his full height,golden-brown and glittering in thesunshine. He could catch thegleam of his mailed warriors on allsides,—Chub, unsuspecting, half-asleep Chub, was being silentlysurrounded by the long-legged host. Hoppergrass chirped sharply,once. A shrill, myriad-voiced… … the very tip of Chubs nose. Thegreat green captains fell thick oneyes and ears. The golden-brownsfell everywhere. Chub, frightened out of dreamycalm, sprang wildly up, barked,snapped his white teeth, snarled,and rolled over and over in a rageof alarm and revenge. But the long-legged, elusive…

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