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Identifier: stnicholasserial71dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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greed to help the pair, and they began theirpreparations by winding the rope into a great coil,which they packed on the back of the field-mouse.On the top of this, the boy and girl seated them-selves, and the journey began. When they cameto a river which must be crossed by swimming, therope was taken off the mouse and unwound; thenhe would take one end in his mouth, and swim tothe other side, letting it trail out after him as heswam. This performance had to be repeated manytimes before the whole rope was landed on theopposite bank. When this was done, he had toswim across again and fetch the little pair, seatingthem on his forehead. !■ ■fya?-* T~^> T35; It was hardwork for themouse, but thelittle boy en-couraged himto his work bypromises of re-ward and com-pliments on hisextraordinarystrength. Thehigh mountainswere crossedwith great toil,and while theywere on the dryplains the trav-elers sufferedfor want of wa-ter. The sun had dried up everythinalmost seemed as if he understood
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THE FIELD-MOUSE FREES THE SUN. (SEE PAGE 138.) I, and it ing there for several days. When, at last, they their ob- felt rested and refreshed, they began their work ject, for he poured down upon them his hottest at night-fall, and the first thing they did was to rays. Several changes of the seasons, and many uncoil the rope. The little boy then took one i879-J AND THE LITTLE FIRST WOMAN. 137 end of it in his teeth, and climbed up one of the watched the sun struggling to free himself, gettingtrees at the extreme edge of the woods, where red with fury and rage, and pouring out his burninghe spread it out in the branches, making loops and heat on all surrounding things. The leaves shriv-

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