. And she turned over the next five hundredyears. And there they were all living up in trees,and making nests to keep off the rain. And under-neath the trees lions were prowling about. Why, said Ellie, the lions seem to haveeaten a good many of them, for there are very fewleft now. Yes, said the… … vi A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY chaps they are, said Tom ; they are a rough lotas ever I saw. Yes, they are getting very strong now; forthe ladies will not marry any but the very strongestand fiercest gentlemen, who can help them up thetrees out of the lions way. And she turned over the next five…
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