Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 246
the fair maid runs be-fore to open the gate, and when they havereached the cabin of Priscilla, Marth Anntakes the little one upon her lap and tells herhow, in the long ago, she loved her motherwhen she was just her size and her image,—only a teenchy bit fairer,—and of how shelonged and even prayed… … GINGER SNAPS. By Ellen Manly. The gingerbread man and his dear littlewife,In their little brown suits so neat,Stood side by side by the baking-pan, Quite out of sorts with the heat.Their smiles were sweet, but their tempers bad,And something happened, extremely sad.
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