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The water-babies : a fairy tale for land-baby (1894)

Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875, Sambourne, Linley, ill · London : Macmillan & Co. · leaf 100

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ashion amongthe caddis-baits in that pool, asthey were at the end of the Long-Pond last May, and they all toddledabout with long straws sticking outbehind, getting between each others legs, and tumblingover each other, and looking so ridiculous, that Tomlaughed at them till he cried, as we did. But… … 00 THE WATER-BATIKS CHAP. looked to you only little weeds: lint Tom, you mustremember, was so little that everything looked a hun-dred times as l>ig to him as it does to you, just astilings do to a minnow, who sees and catches the littlewater-creatures which you can only see in a microscope.And…

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