Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 336
uch he had grown, andevery day, when he found himself taller than hehad been the day before, he would wish and wish and wish: Dear, dear, if I could onlystop growing ! Oh, if I could only be shorter —I dont care how little. Dont you ? answered the old pump, oneday. Jack was very glad to find some… … THE BOYS AT SCHOOL CALLED HIM SKY-SCRAPER. He was too glad to feel any surprise at the pumpsspeaking, and he said hotly, No, I dont. Iwould rather be knee-high to a grasshopper thanas tall as the obelisk. I hate being tall! 324 JACK LONGSHORT. [Feb. Well, well, screamed out the pump, youkeep on…
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