The water-babies : a fairy tale for a land-baby (1895)
Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875 · New York : Thomas Y. Crowell · leaf 149
are fresh and strong. Wordsworth : Ode to Duty. UT what became oflittle Tom ? He slipped away offthe rocks into thewater, as I said be-fore. But he could not^ help thinking of littleEllie. He did not re-member who she was ;but he knew that shewas a little girl, thoughshe was a hundred timesas big… … A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY. 137 larger than herself. So Tom knew that Ellie wasa little girl, and thought about her all that day, andlonged to have had her to play with; but he hadvery soon to think of something else. And here isthe account of what happened to him, as it waspublished next morning…
Fairy tales · Chimney sweeps
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