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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 151

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hen there came in a great lazy snnfish, as big asa fat pig cut in half; and he seemed to have been cutin half too, and squeezed in a clothes-press till he wasflat; but to all his big body and big fins lie had onlya little rabbits month, no bigger than Toms; and,when Tom questioned him, he answered… … tliat pk-asaiil warm water. Im sure Ive lost myway. And, when Tom asked him again, lie could only answer, Ive lostmy way. Donttalk to me; Iwant to think. But, like agood many otherpeople, the morehe tried to thinkthe less he couldthink ; and Tom saw him blundering about all day, tillthe…

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