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The yellow fairy book (1906)

Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 · London : New York : Longmans, Green, And Co. · leaf 338

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ter, and she could not getto the land. The old toad was down under the marsh, decorating her roomwith rushes and yellow marigold leaves, to make it very grand forher new daughter-in-law; then she swam out with her ugly son tothe leaf where Thumbelina lay. She wanted to fetch the prettycradle to put… … Croak, croak, croak ! was all that the son could say. Thenthey took the neat little cradle and swam away with it; butThumbelina sat alone on the great green leaf and wept, for she didnot want to live with the clammy toad, or marry her ugly son.The little fishes swimming about under the water had…

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