Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 647
ter.Twenty minutes later the shrewd oldbirds were back with their children, andthe men, entirely outwitted, were fardown the beach toward their boat. Pretence of injury or lameness is acommon habit with many spades ofbirds to attract a supposed enemy fromthe vicinity of their nests. T. Gilbert… … THE SWORD-BEARING MEADOW-GRASSHOPPER. we were admiring the changing colors of thefading light on the clouds above the westernhills, following the last glimmer of the settingsun. It was the beautiful twilight of a stillperfect evening. What s that? excitedly exclaimed Mar-garet. We all shared in her…
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