The Open AirChatto & Windus, 1885 - 270 pages |
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... copse in the hollow . No one was in the field , only the fir - trees , the green hedges , the yellow wheat , and the sun over- head . Guido kept quite still , because he expected that in a minute the magic would begin , and some- thing ...
... copse in the hollow . No one was in the field , only the fir - trees , the green hedges , the yellow wheat , and the sun over- head . Guido kept quite still , because he expected that in a minute the magic would begin , and some- thing ...
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... copse . Some sparrows came out from the copse , and he stopped and saw one of them perch on a 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 ...
... copse . Some sparrows came out from the copse , and he stopped and saw one of them perch on a 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 ...
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... copse , dear , is his grandchild . If you go into the copse you will find an oak which has only one branch ; he is so old , he has only that branch left . He sprang up from an acorn dropped from an oak that grew from an acorn dropped ...
... copse , dear , is his grandchild . If you go into the copse you will find an oak which has only one branch ; he is so old , he has only that branch left . He sprang up from an acorn dropped from an oak that grew from an acorn dropped ...
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... copse . Why can't you listen to him , and be happy now ? " me . " I will be happy , dear , as you are here , but still it is a long , long time , and then I think , after I am dead , and there is more wheat in my place , the blackbirds ...
... copse . Why can't you listen to him , and be happy now ? " me . " I will be happy , dear , as you are here , but still it is a long , long time , and then I think , after I am dead , and there is more wheat in my place , the blackbirds ...
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... copse and called , ' Sip - sip sip , sip , sip , ' such a sweet low song , and the larks ran along the ground in between us , and there were blue - bells in the copse , and anemones ; till by - and - by the sun made us yellow , and the ...
... copse and called , ' Sip - sip sip , sip , sip , ' such a sweet low song , and the larks ran along the ground in between us , and there were blue - bells in the copse , and anemones ; till by - and - by the sun made us yellow , and the ...
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