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 243
up, andmake them use their wits, or die. And so on, and so on, and so on,till there were never such comfort-able, easy - going, happy - go - luckypeople in the world. Well, that is a jolly life, saidTom. r You think so ? said the fairy. Do you see that great peaked moun-tain there behind, said the… … THERE WERE NEVER SUCHCOMFORTABLE, EASY-GOING, HAPPY - GO -LUCKY PEOPLE IN THEWORLD. THE WATER BABIES And behold, the mountain had blown up like a barrelof gunpowder, and then boiled over like a kettle ; wherebyone-third of the Doasyoulikes were blown into the air,and another third were smothered in…
Fairy tales · Chimney sweeps
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