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 118
een them, except now and then at night;but now they were all out, and went hurrying past him sofiercely and wildly that he was quite frightened. Andas they hurried past he could hear them say to eachother, We must run, we must run. What a jollythunderstorm ! Down to the sea, down to the sea ! And… … DOWN TO THE SEA, DOWN TO THE SEA TH E WATER BABIES Come along, children, never mind those nasty eels : weshall breakfast on salmon to-morrow. Down to the sea,down to the sea ! Then came a flash brighter than all the rest, and bythe light of it—in the thousandth part of a second theywere gone…
Fairy tales · Chimney sweeps
Internet Archive · New York Public Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
