Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 29
. Come, Fairy-foot and Sparkle-eyes!Come, Fine-ear, Bob, andBun!They gathered round in mild surprise,But glad of any fun. And pit-a-pat, beneath the moon,The shy hares peeping came; The little witch in buckled shoon,She called them each by name. And when she told them what she willed,They stamped… … Most country boys, I fancy, know the marsh-hawk. It is he you see flying low over thefields, beating about bushes and marshes anddipping over the fences, with his attention di-rected to the ground beneath him. He is a caton wings. He keeps so low that the birds andmice do not see him till he is…
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