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 373
oung ones above and below: those below are certainly onlyshadows in the water—mere Sparrows; their parents were Sparrowstoo; they had taken possession of the empty swallows nest of last year,andkept house in it as if it had been their own. Are those ducks children swimming yonder ? asked the… … THE DUCK-POND. and like you will wear; but ours is finer. I wish, by the way, we hadthose up here in our own nest, for they keep one warm. I wonder whatthe ducks were so frightened at. Not at us, certainly, though I said piep to you rather loudly. The thick-headed roses ought to know it,but they…
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