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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 493

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 493 — t of this story, my dears,Just as plain as a pikestaff appears. But please give attention, While briefly I mentionThe moral again, for your ears. Dont be greedy and live but to eat, Caring only for bread and for meat; Nor selfishly dwell All alone in your shell,— Dont be oysters, in short, I… … Three foolish fairies flew far and flew high, Three frightened fairies sat down in a row, One showery April day, On the rainbow that glittered so gay ; To see how the rain-drops came down from the sky, And there they are sitting, for all that I know, But alack, they lost their way I Lamenting their…

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