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f clothes. The elveslooked at each other and wrinkled their tinybrows. Then one little man picked up the coatof one of the suits. He tried it on. It fitted 209 STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN him exactly! The other little elf tried on theother coat. That, too, was just right! Then the little men… … the curtain. The elves saw them. Thank you,kind people! they sang, arid then they dancedout of the little old shop and were never seenagain. But Old Jan and his little old wife neverwanted for money so long as they lived. 210 THE LITTLE STEAM ENGINETHE LITTLE STEAM ENGINE Anonymous A LITTLE steam…
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