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A Complete Illustrated children's fantasy book by George MacDonald.

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Diamond Learns to Read 207
Said the wind with a voice that had changed its cheer, " I was just going there, when you brought me here."
"That's where I live," said the sack-backed squirrel, And he turned his sack with a swing and a swirl.
Said the cock of the spire, "His father's churchwarden." Said the brook running faster, " I run through his garden.'
Said the mole, "Two hundred worms—there I caught 'em Last year, and I'm going again next autumn."
Said they all, "If that's where you want us to steer for, What in earth or in water did you bring us here for?"
"Never you mind," said Little Boy Blue; "That's what I tell you. If that you won't do,
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