Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 566
.They follow him with feet, or eyes, as he goes to and fro. They love my Uncle Francis for he understandsthem so. Ill Sometimes he harnesses the horse, and takes me for a ride ; —He talks with all the beasts we meet along the country side.The dogs bark back, the chipmunks scold, the horses neigh… … IV Im proud of both my uncles, each so clever with his voice, Id be like Uncle Francis, though, if I could have my choice. Instead of 1 earning languages that you can find in books, I d learn the ones you find in fields and woods, by lakes and brooks. For any one can learn man-talk, who studies and…
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