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St. Nicholas (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 796

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He laid his ears back lightlyAs though he hardly heard, And took a second bite of treeBefore he spoke a word. These so-called men arc pigmies! Pray, what can creatures doWho have no tusks, nor even trunks, Who re so inferior, too ?Once let them show their faces here — I II scatter them like chaff!…

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