The Bodleys telling stories . 128 iiii: sroniiis. * And hi- lauLlittl, as lie liid it awayVcrv noar iiu luncatli I lie new would surely, I thoiij^ht, do vw ^ood,Su I hi)j)|)i(l to tin- plact where it stood, Iullcil llic cork out — wlicii tip. il wml o\er,Ahiiosl drowning a root of red ck)ver ;But I inaua;^ed to suek iij) my fill,Though I instantly felt very ill. Then I t<-)ttered away to a stone,And sat down with a terrihle groan ;Snakes alive ! how I shivered ami a trout on a fishermans hook I Oh ! t was far worse than chills ; I said 1 livet
The Bodleys telling stories . 128 iiii: sroniiis. * And hi- lauLlittl, as lie liid it awayVcrv noar iiu luncatli I lie new would surely, I thoiij^ht, do vw ^ood,Su I hi)j)|)i(l to tin- plact where it stood, Iullcil llic cork out — wlicii tip. il wml o\er,Ahiiosl drowning a root of red ck)ver ;But I inaua;^ed to suek iij) my fill,Though I instantly felt very ill. Then I t<-)ttered away to a stone,And sat down with a terrihle groan ;Snakes alive ! how I shivered ami a trout on a fishermans hook I Oh ! t was far worse than chills ; I said 1 livetl, T would never againTili111; that what with cold men might agreeWoiiM 1)1 likelv to honeiit Ihrc llie host spied a dark, threatenin^x elotu.•d the thunder rolled heavy and ! the rain is increasing ; make haste !For we have uot a moment to waste ! SPEAKING A PIECE. 12J All hop under my door-steps and wait; T will soon stop, and such peltings I each toad raised a stool in the air, —Five umbrellas they made, I declare ! That row of them, pointed and whiteMade the grasshoppers jump with affright;While the crickets chirped loudly in gleeSuch a funny procession to the toads hopped away up the resume neath the door-stones their talk. That was the end of the school for the mornino- and in a few min-utes all the children were scampering off, while Phippy and Nathanwalked home on either side of their father, as if escorting a publicguest wdth all the school honors.
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