Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 191
DIGGING FOR THE HOUSE FOUNDATIONS. They dug all around Down under the ground;With such method and skill their work was con-ducted,Subways and tunnels and tubes they constructed. … THE ANTS BUILT UP SAND INTO QUEER LITTLE KNOLLS. But some in the earth or the air cannot dwell,So the building went on in the water as well.Timothy Terrapin built him a homeDown neath the lapping wavelets foam; 1908.] THE HAPPYCHAPS 731 With a speaking-tube long,Which was slender yet strong.
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