Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 42
do you know that you lost two quarts ofrubies ? said he. I know it, replied the merchant, because 1measured them in two quart pots. Did you ever use those pots for anything else?asked the wizard. Yes, said the merchant; I afterward meas-ured six quarts of sapphires with them. Where did you put your… … THE TWO GIANTS BRING IN THE SEDAN-CHAIR. well tie a cloth over the top of the jar, for it wouldhold no more. Well, then, said the wizard, as six quarts ofsapphires will not fill a peck jar, I think you will findyour rubies at the bottom of the jar, where youprobably poured them when you wished to…
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