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 142
the buoy, and got upon it (forhe was quite out of breath) and sat there, and looked roundfor water-babies : but there were none to be seen. The sea-breeze came in freshly with the tide andblew the fog away ; and the little waves danced forjoy around the buoy, and the old buoy danced withthem. The… … AND HE SWAM ON TO THE BUOY, AND GOT UPON IT. 123 THE WATER BABIES green fields inside were like, and tumbled down and brokethemselves all to pieces, and never minded it a bit,but mended themselves and jumped up again. Andthe terns hovered over Tom like huge white dragon-flies with black heads, and…
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