Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 142
ys andgrand occasions small bits of it are distributed tothe populace. Why dont you pick the fruit, asked CaptainCovajos, when it is in its best condition to eat? It would be impossible, said the citizen, forany one to climb up that tree, the trunk of whichis so extremely delicate and fragile that… … EVERY BOY IN THE CLASS LOOKED UP, SHUT ONE EVE, AND WAGGED HIS HEAD. shores. The Captain was naturally desirous ofknowing at what place he had landed, and was in-formed that this was the Island of the Fragile Palm. That is rather an odd name, said the oldCaptain. Why is it so called? The reason is…
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