Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 75
whoseplumage had once been bright, indeed, but nowlacked its former sleek beauty. However, just now little Nina was giving butscant heed to her attire; her large black eyeswere directed far down the slope toward asquatty figure dressed in a voluminously flouncedpetticoat, the gaudy lemon-yellow… … A LIZARD crept outof a cool creviceand then lay mo-tionless in the sun-warmed purplehollow of a tall,reddish-blue rockjutting upwardfrom a stony ridgewhich formed the northern wall of a wide valley. The little creatures eyes were like tiny jewels,flashing forth a green fire as he blinked in…
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