Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 680
d toDumpling,—they tied it firmly to a post. Thenthey came bowing to Dumpling, the Child ofthe Sun, to show him that they had fulfilledhis command. They invited him to feel howstrongly it pulled. Dumpling was surprised tofind that he could not move the great kite, though he used all his strength.… … HOLDING ON TO IT FIRMLY, AWAY HE SAILED. I will try it, at any rate, he said at last; I want to go home. So, while his unsus-pecting attendants watched him adoringly, hesuddenly cut the line which held the kite, and,holding on to it firmly, away he sailed. The prince and his guards, when they…
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