Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 85
lled with themost beautifully colored birds he ever saw ! Suchshrubs with silvery leaves, fluttering timidly inthe gentle breeze ! Here the moon shone with a light that wasnever on land or sea. The boy gazed in raptures at the marvelouspicture, then glanced keenly about for the piper. Presently he… … THE PARENTS, WITH TEARS OF JOY, FOLLOWED — Go quickly and bring him ! cried the mayor.No one knows how soon the portal may swingshut. The father and mother hastened to the littlehome and to the crib where the boy lay sleepingsweetly, bathed in the glow of the silvery light. Come, whispered the…
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