to Shiny Wall; sohe bolted his sprat head foremost, and said : If I were you, young gentleman, T should go tothe Allalonestone, and ask the last of the (lairfowl.She is of a very ancient clan, very nearly as ancientas my own; and knows a good deal which these TIIK WATER-BABIES CHAP modern upstarts… … ugly, and strangely bedizened too, like the old dandieswho lounge in the club-house windows. But just as Tom had thanked him and set off, hecalled after him: Hi ! I say, can you fly ? I never tried/ says Tom. Why ? VII A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY 247 Because, if you can, I should advise you to…
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