Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 412
ownies are not hard to pleaseAnd soon they rested at their ease ; free Some found support, both safe and strong, Upon the gate that went along, By some the stump was utilized, And furnished seats they highly prized. Now, as they rose, they ran afoulOf screaming hawk and hooting owl,And flitting… … Although the earth, from which we rise,Now many miles below us lies.To sharpest eye, strain as it may.The moon looks just as far away. The earth is good enough for me ! Another said, with grassy lea,And shady groves, of songsters full.—Will some one give the valve a pull? 393 THE BROWNIES BALLOON.…
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