ater, asI said before.But he couldnot help think-ing of littleEllie. He didnot rememberwho she was ;but he knewthat she wasa little girl,though she was a hundred times as big as he. Thatis not surprising : size has nothing to do with kindred.A tiny weed may be first cousin to a great tree; anda… … 176 THE WATER-BABIES CHAP. to play with ; but he had very soon to think of some-thing else. And here is the account of what happenedto him, as it was published next morning in the Water-proof Gazette, on the finest watered paper, for the useof the great fairy, Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid, who readsthe…
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