Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 194
The wrinkled Duchess wagged her head; The reason is simple enough, she said.Go search along the ditchs side; You 11 see how pygmies cross the tide! Pages run with twinkling legsAnd find the empty shells of eggs,Each equipped like a dainty boat,—A fairy racing shell afloat! … /., . . ,x\. ... r/, ^?<? These were brought to the Duchess wise,Who frowned as she said with blinking eyes:There s something strange about egg-shellsWhich makes them proof against all spells.I feared some day the charm might fail,If pygmies learned in those to sail.
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