Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 238
1 SAN LORENZO RIVER. BY JEAN FORGENO, AGE 12. Listen! said the bird. Far away in the BlackForest there stood a mighty oak-tree. It was rumoredamong the peasants that, being fairy-haunted, it wouldbring great luck to him who had its wood. When this tree was hewn down, the cutters gavethe superfluous… … from them he carved me and my house. I rememberthat as he was putting me into my abode, little Gertrudesnatched me—and dropped me! Since that day I havehad a little quiver in my voice. Soon your mother, who was traveling in Germany,bought me, to take me across the sea. I made this clock of the…
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