Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 164
rous book,she shook her head and sighed To think the silver sugar-plums would scat-ter far and wide; But when she came to turn the leaf, shefound a spell with power To bind the wriggle-giggle elves to serve asingle hour. She called the wriggle-giggle elves that frisk beneath the moon.They rode on… … But ah, the young Prince Curly-pet was listening all the time!With laughter gay he rushed away, the belfry stair to climb.He flung the sleepy ringers gold; he locked the door within ;He climbed till he was out of breath, the sugar-plums to win. But Leafy-ear and Twisty-top, the tricksiest of…
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