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Page 7
... heard the following conversation : " Good morning , Madam Long- legs ! You are early on the meadows . " " Thank you , dear Clapper - beak ! I have been to get a little breakfast . Would you like to have a quarter of a lizard or a little ...
... heard the following conversation : " Good morning , Madam Long- legs ! You are early on the meadows . " " Thank you , dear Clapper - beak ! I have been to get a little breakfast . Would you like to have a quarter of a lizard or a little ...
Page 9
... heard quite plainly a low sob , which seemed rather to come from a man than an animal . Full of anxiety , he wanted to go towards the spot whence proceeded the sound of sorrow ; but the Vizier seized him by the wing with his beak and ...
... heard quite plainly a low sob , which seemed rather to come from a man than an animal . Full of anxiety , he wanted to go towards the spot whence proceeded the sound of sorrow ; but the Vizier seized him by the wing with his beak and ...
Page 12
... heard this at their hole in the wall they were nearly beside themselves with joy . They ran on their long legs so quickly to the threshold of the ruins that the owl could hardly follow them . There the Caliph addressed the owl with ...
... heard this at their hole in the wall they were nearly beside themselves with joy . They ran on their long legs so quickly to the threshold of the ruins that the owl could hardly follow them . There the Caliph addressed the owl with ...
Page 17
... heard . I opened it , and the cabin presented a disorderly appearance . Dresses , weapons , and other things lay in ... heard the sea beating against the side of the ship , and the sails creaking and whistling in the wind . All of a ...
... heard . I opened it , and the cabin presented a disorderly appearance . Dresses , weapons , and other things lay in ... heard the sea beating against the side of the ship , and the sails creaking and whistling in the wind . All of a ...
Page 18
... heard the sonorous voice of a commander , and also distinctly the hoisting and lowering of cordage and sails . But by degrees my senses left me , I sank into a deeper sleep , in which I only thought I could hear a clatter of arms , and ...
... heard the sonorous voice of a commander , and also distinctly the hoisting and lowering of cordage and sails . But by degrees my senses left me , I sank into a deeper sleep , in which I only thought I could hear a clatter of arms , and ...
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