Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 45
!rM OONTIDE stillness brooded over the forest,which was disturbed only by the nutter ofbirds wings and the bark of a tiny squirrel.The sun hung noon-high over a dell ofgreenest velvet sward, in the center of whichstood a solitary oak. A mighty forestgirdled this sylvan spot with walls ofdensest…
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