Harriman, Susan S., comp · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 406
for that was just what he wasabout to sing in his song. But he jumped upand ran around to the other side of the tree.And there was a little brown wren, and it had alittle golden thread around its neck, and thethread was tied to a root of the big tree.Hello! said Davie, was that you?Now, of course… … THIS IS THE LITTLE WREV. Oh, yes! said Davie, very much aston-ished. Oh, yes, of course! But I thought youonly did it in the song! Well, said the wren, were not you sing-ing the song, and am not I in the song, andwhat else could I do? Yes, I suppose so, said Davie. Well, go on, then, said the wren,…
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