Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 292
ds, Though 1 cant see them fly.They twitch my feet, they blur my eyes, They make me drowsy, too;In fact, the more a fellow tries To study, the worse they do.They cant be heard, they cant be seen- I know not how they look —And yet they always lurk between The leaves of a lesson-book.Whatever they… … upon a time apoor fishermanand his wife, whohad as many chil-dren as there are stars in the sky, or grass-blades in a meadow. Thepoor man fished andearned his bread by thesweat of his brow. Hewas as poor as a church-mouse, or even poorer,for the mouse has, fromtime to time, a nibble ata cheese, or…
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