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The water-babies (1916)
Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875, Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935, ill · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 172
been very happy, if he could onlyhave seen the water-babies. Then when the tide turned,he left the buoy, and swam round and round in searchof them: but in vain. Sometimes he thought he heardthem laughing: but it was only the laughter of theripples. And sometimes he thought he saw them atthe bottom:… … © Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc And Tom sat upon the buoy long days THE WATER-BABIES hide; I do want some one to play with so much! Andout jumped a great turbot with his ugly eyes andmouth all awry, and flopped away along the bottom,knocking poor Tom over. And he sat down at thebottom of the sea,…Fairy tales · Chimney sweeps
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