The wonder clock, or, Four & twenty marvelous tales : being one for each hour of the day (1887)
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911, Pyle, Katharine, d. 1938 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 292
town, and stood in the cornerof the market with her eggs. By and by there came along a tipsycountryman—tramp ! tramp ! tramp ! As for the basket of eggs, he mindedthem no more than so many green apples. Smash! and there they lay onthe ground, and were fit for nothing but to patch broken promises,… … would be sure to fling at her. All the same, there was no other place forher to go; so back she went. There! said he, I always knew that you were good for nothing butto look at, and now I am more sure of it than ever. The china pitcherwas never fit to send to the well, and it was a rainy day for me…
Fairy tales · Illustrated children's books
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