Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 23
e keeps her eggs ? In the melon-bed, on the end nearest thewall, where the sun strikes nearly all day. Sheput them there weeks ago. And you never thought it worth while totell me ? The end nearest the wall, you said ? Rikki-tikki, you are not going to eat hereggs! Not eat exactly; no. Darzee, if… … DARZEE S WIFE PRETENDS TO HAVE A BROKEN VTNG. him upon the rubbish-heap. Let us singabout the great, the red-eyed Rikki-tikki! andDarzee filled his throat and sang. If I could get up to your nest, I d rollyour babies out! said Rikki-tikki. You dontknow when to do the right thing at the righttime.…
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