Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 635
. Funny! repeated Peg. What can there bethats funny? Is Captain Badger still there? Thats whats so queer, Horatia explained.I went back, and, as I got near the spring-house,I saw him pop inside, carrying his bag; but whenI got there and looked in, he was nt anywhere!And I know he did nt come… … As I was walking by myselfI saw a very little elf;He tried to make himself so smallThat he could not be seen at all. But I had seen him hide awayBehind a pebble where it lay,And so I caught him in my hand,And there the poor thing had to stand. But as I tried to ask if heCould grant me wishes one,…
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