The Open AirChatto & Windus, 1885 - 270 pages |
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... stalks , or bend them down and step on them ; he passed between them , and they yielded on either side . The wheat - ears were pale gold , having only just left off their green , and they surrounded him on all sides as if he were ...
... stalks , or bend them down and step on them ; he passed between them , and they yielded on either side . The wheat - ears were pale gold , having only just left off their green , and they surrounded him on all sides as if he were ...
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... stalks that grew were so short they only came above his knee . The wheat - ears were thin and small , and looked as if there was nothing but chaff . But this place being open was full of flowers , such lovely azure cornflowers which the ...
... stalks that grew were so short they only came above his knee . The wheat - ears were thin and small , and looked as if there was nothing but chaff . But this place being open was full of flowers , such lovely azure cornflowers which the ...
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... stalk of wheat , with one foot above the other sideways , so that he could pick at the ear and get the corn . Guido watched the sparrow clear the ear , then he moved , and the sparrows flew back to the copse , where they chattered at ...
... stalk of wheat , with one foot above the other sideways , so that he could pick at the ear and get the corn . Guido watched the sparrow clear the ear , then he moved , and the sparrows flew back to the copse , where they chattered at ...
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... stalks . " Lie still , " said the Wheat , " the corncrake is not very far off , he has come up here since your papa told the mowers to mow the meadow , and very likely if you stay quiet you will see him . If you do not understand all I ...
... stalks . " Lie still , " said the Wheat , " the corncrake is not very far off , he has come up here since your papa told the mowers to mow the meadow , and very likely if you stay quiet you will see him . If you do not understand all I ...
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... stalks ; there are dry plants on the coping- what are these ? Some growing thus , high in the air , on stone , and in the chinks of the tower , suspended in dry air and sunshine ; some low down under the arch of the bridge over the ...
... stalks ; there are dry plants on the coping- what are these ? Some growing thus , high in the air , on stone , and in the chinks of the tower , suspended in dry air and sunshine ; some low down under the arch of the bridge over the ...
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