The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby (1915)
Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875, Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath), 1872-1944, ill · Boston : Houghton Mifflin · leaf 104
e, I willcome back and have a little chat about all I have seen inmy travels. Why, what a huge tree this is ! and whathuge leaves on it ! It was only a big dock ; but you know the dragon-flyhad never seen any but little water-trees ; starwort, andmilfoil, and water-crowfoot, and such like ; so it… … BUT THE THING WHIRRED UPINTO THE AIR. THE WATER BABIES The dragon-fly did come back, and chatted awaywith Tom. He was a little conceited about his fine coloursand his large wings ; but you know, he had been a poor,dirty, ugly creature all his life before ; so there weregreat excuses for him. He was…
Fairy tales · Chimney sweeps
Internet Archive · New York Public Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial82dodg-373-262.webp)
![An illustration from 聚珍画帖 3巻 [2] (1802)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ndl-2553050-24-1.webp)
