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The water-babies (1916)

Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875, Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935, ill · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 64

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that theywere long miles away. And to his right rose moor aftermoor, hill after hill, till they fadedaway, blue into blue sky. But be-tween him and those moors, andreally at his very feet, lay something,to which, as soon as Tom saw it, he determined to go,for that was the place for him. A deep,… … THE WATER-BABIES by the stream, he saw the roof of a little cottage, anda little garden set out in squares and beds. Andthere was a tiny little red thing moving in the garden,no bigger than a fly. As Tom looked down, he sawthat it was a woman in a red petticoat. Ah! perhapsshe would give him…

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