Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894, Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 234
! said the Top. And they spoke no more to each other. Next day the Ball was taken out by the boy. The Top saw how itflew high into the air, like a bird ; at last one could no longer see it.Each time it came back again, but gave a high leap when it touched theearth, and that was done either from its… … THE 3IAID FINDS THE WHIP-TOP. I know very well where it is! sighed the Top. It is in theswallows nest, and has married the swallow ! The more the Top thought of this, the more it longed for the Ball.Just because it could not get the Ball, its love increased; aud the factthat the Ball had chosen…
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