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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 411

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v/P> -,:••:-? ^ :WMm&M; There was a kind old farmer once, whose name, I ve heard folks say, Was Azariah. Jedediah Hezekiah Hay. His vegetables grew so well that all the people round Would often come to take a look at Azariahs ground. … Jf And then they d sigh with envy, and say, Oh, pray explain■Iti^P^H- What makes your crops so large and fine in spite of sun orZy ** rain? The kind old farmer chuckled, and shook his grizzled head. I 11 tell you what s the reason, if you want to know, he said. It s only that I m kind to them, and…

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