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 251
am ready to be off, if its tothe worlds end. Ah ! said the fairy, that is a brave, good boy.But you must go farther than the worlds end if you wantto find Mr. Grimes, for he is at the Other-end-of-Nowhere.You must go to Shiny Wall, and through the white gatethat never was opened; and then you will… … COME WANDER WITH ME, SHE SAID. 226 THE WATER BABIES Oh, dear! said Tom. But I do not know myway to Shiny Wall, or where it is at all. Little boys must take the trouble to find out thingsfor themselves, or they will never grow to be men ; sothat you must ask all the beasts in the sea and thebirds in…
Fairy tales · Chimney sweeps
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