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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 36

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e very towels. And then, looking toward the bed, he saw thatdirty lady, and held his breath with astonishment. Under the snow-white coverlet, upon the snow- A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY 25 white pillow, lay the most beautiful little girl that Tomhad ever seen. Her cheeks were almost as white asthe… … skin and golden hair, and wondered whether she wasa real live person, or one of the wax dolls he had seenin the shops. But when he saw her breathe, he madeup his mind that she was alive, and stood staring ather, as if she had been an angel out of heaven. No. She cannot be dirty. She never could…

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