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Stories for the household (1889)

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 623

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forth from the damp ground, themoles came out; but except these all was silent around—silent, and, aspeople say, dead—for they speak of things as they understand them.No one noticed Helga, but some flocks of crows, that flew screamingabout the top of the tree on which she sat: the birds hopped… … HELGA I\ THE THEP. When the evening twilight came on, and the sun was sinking, thetime of her transformation roused her to fresh activity. She glideddown from the tree, and as the last sunbeam vanished she stood in thewrinkled form of the frog, with the torn webbed skin on her hands : buther eyes…

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