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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 536

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plume of a tail, ofwhich he was so proud, was a burden now. Ithad become wet with the snow and so heavy thatit hampered and tired him. A great fear, a terrible fear, filled Tommysheart. Would he be able to reach that snug denin time? He was panting hard for breath, andhis legs moved slower and… … 356 TOMMY AND THE WISHING-STONE knew now the feeling, the terror and dreadfulhopelessness, of the meadow-mice and rabbits hehad so often run down. Just ahead was a greatgray rock. From it he would make one last longjump in an effort to break the trail. In his fearhe quite forgot that he was in…

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