Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 748
. Oh, goody! I can dig worms all right. Now hemust have a nest. Alas for Alice ! as soon as the baby was placed in abox filled with cotton, he opened his mouth until itseemed larger than he was, and gave himself up tosquawking and craning his neck. Alice took the spade -and, digging valiantly,… … A HEADING FOR OCTOBER. BY ETHEL W. KIDDER, AGE 15.(HONOR MEMBER.) At sunset, she and Aunt Clara carried the baby backto the field where the nest had been, and saw it rescuedby its loving parents. When asked her reason for taking the meadow-larkback, Alice replied: Cause he ate worms! My nextpet s…
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