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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 77

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OLD HIRAM HOPPERGRASS JUMPING OUT OF THE WAY OF AN AUTOMOBILE. 638 THE HAPPYCHAPS … A SWING-HOUSE FOR THE NEW CITY. ( Be carefully built beneath the water.So do we, said the frogs and the water-wag-tails;Not so! not so! cried the glum old snails,Convenience and comfort you re sure to lackUnless you carry your house on your back.Said the ants, Small pyramids of sandMake dwellings…

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