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The yellow fairy book (1906)

Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 · London : New York : Longmans, Green, And Co. · leaf 337

An illustration from The yellow fairy book, 1906, leaf 337 — my; she hopped on to the table whereThumbelina lay asleep under the red rose-leaf. This would make a beautiful wife for my son, said the toad,taking up the walnut-shell, with Thumbelina inside, and hoppingwith it through the window into the garden. There flowed a great wide stream, with slippery… … Dont talk so loud, or youll wake her, said the old toad. Shemight escape us even now ; she is as light as a feather. We will puther at once on a broad water-lily leaf in the stream. That will bequite an island for her; she is so small and light. She cant runaway from us there, whilst we are…

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