Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 227
n a tree, the Winged Mousesat before them. The shepherd boy whistled, and the GrandDuchess called coaxinglyto it; but it kept out 784 A MOUSE WITH WINGS. [July, of their reach, every time they came near flying the Grand Duchess first met the shepherd boy. always a little farther. There, too, was… … the shepherd boy looked round about, andturned suddenly to the Grand Duchess. She was looking too. There, across the fields, rose the towers ofher palace. The Winged Mouse had brought them straighthome. And the brown mouse had followed,for in front of them it sat on a stone — the verystone under…
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