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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 99

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ooth gravel water-ways, looking at thecrickets which ran in and out among the stones,as rabbits do on land; or he climbed over theledges of rock, and saw the sand-pipes hanging inthousands, with every one of them a pretty little headand legs peeping out; or he went into a still corner,and watched… … Ill A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY 89 day. One would begin with some pebbles; then shewould stick on a piece of green wood; then she founda shell, and stuck it on too ; and the poor shell wasalive, and did not like at all being taken to buildhouses with: but the caddis did not let him have anyvoice…

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