Harriman, Susan S., comp · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 190
said the other birds.But the magpie was lazy, and she thought,If I do not learn, they will build a nest forme. The other birds talked together. She doesnot wish to learn, they said, and we will nothelp her any longer. So they went away fromher. Then the magpie was sorry. Come back,she called, and I… … Adapted by Ellen C. Babbitt A MONKEY lived in a great tree on a river-bank. In the river there were many crocodiles. A crocodile watched the monkeys for a longtime, and one day she said to her son: Myson, get one of those monkeys for me. I wantthe heart of a monkey to eat. How am I to catch a…
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