Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 385
bare-headed and bare-footed, too, so thatit was no trouble to run. They kept on in theirmerry race till they came to the summit of adistant hillock, where they lay down to rest, gaz-ing up at the blue sky and fleecy clouds. Soonthey saw a long-winged hawk sail round andround, high above them. Then… … A PRAIRIE HOME. 861 again, and, alighting upon the longest spray ofa neighboring hedge, she proceeded to devourthe gay insect. You cruel, ugly bird, said Lucy, you de-serve to have your little neck wrung for killingthat pretty butterfly ! I wish that big hawk would pounce uponthe savage little…
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