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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 238

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FOR MIDDLE-AGED LITTLE FOLK. 707 THE BROWNIES IN THE MENAGERIE. By Palmer Cox. The Brownies heard the news with glee, That in a city near the sea A spacious building was designed For holding beasts of every kind. From polar snows, from desert sand, From mountain peak, and timbered land, … Less time it took the walls to scaleThan is required to tell the tale.The art that makes the lock seem weak,The bolt to slide, the hinge to creak,Was theirs to use as heretofore,With good effect, on sash and door;And soon the band stood face to faceWith all the wonders of the place. To Brownies, as…

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