Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 491
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 flou- 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 . Lamenting their…
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