Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 353
r at hisplay, when the clock struck he would listen,glad and ready to obey. Now, my boy, if youdont listen when I tell you it is eight, / 7/ cometicking, whirring, jumping— Why, my dear little boy, here you areasleep on the stairs and the clock striking nine!Little Johnny sat up and rubbed his… … FANCY that if almost anyof us were asked, Whendid people begin to makefairy stories ? our firstthought would be, Why,of course, after mankindhad become civilized, andhad invented writing. Butin truth the making ofmyths, which is no morethan a dignified name for fairy stories, dates backto the…
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