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 46
the middle of theirwebs, and when they saw Tom coming, shook them sofast that they became invisible. Then he saw lizards,brown and grey and green, and thought they were snakes,and would sting him : but they were as much frightenedas he, and shot away into the heath. And then, undera rock, he saw a… … THEN HE SAW LIZARDS. THE WATER BABIES and stretching out her legs and head and tail in the brightsunshine ; and the cubs jumped over her, and ran roundher, and nibbled her paws, and lugged her about by thetail ; and she seemed to enjoy it mightily. But oneselfish little fellow stole away from the…
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