Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 195
/., . . ,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. … How lucky it is you came to me!Your Majesty now must thus decree,By heralds sent to every door,Let all egg-shells for evermoreBe either crushed or pierced quite through,That shells for boats may never do! j [Jjf Decree was signed that very day,The pygmies driven again away,And never since did…
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