Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 25
h, theSnake remarked : Friend, it seems to me you would make apleasanter meal if you would toss your fish uponthe bank as fast as you catch them, and then. when you have enough, come out and eat them atyour leisure. I should like that plan very well, said theSecretary Bird; but if I should toss a… … THE ANGRY BIRD ATTACKS THE SNAKE. for, if you will throw the fish onthat they do not get into the said the Snake; shore, I will seewater again. Thank you very kindly, said the SecretaryBird. If you will do that, it will save time, andI shall soon catch enough fish for a dinner. THE STORY OF THE…
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