Stories from old-fashioned children's books brought together and introduced to the reader (1900)
Tuer, Andrew White, 1838-1900 · London : The Leadenhall Prefs, Ltd. · leaf 292
272 THE JUVENILE TELL-TALE. TOM AND THE OLD MAN. Hollo, Tom, said tlie old man in the picture, are youturned gardener ? I thought you had been a carpenter. Vcs, replied Tom, that I was once, but I had anaccident and hurt my leg, and so I was obliged to go away,and here I am in the midst of turnips… … come in now with me and taste them, my wife and I arejust going to dinner. That the old man did very willingly;and if one can judge by the quantity that was eaten, theyproved excellent, for of all that great load that Tom had gotin his apron there barely remained enough to feed onelittle pig. 2/3 8…
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