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PRICKLY FIGS AND POTATOES 111 |
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and geese, being packed in cloths and tied on our backs with only their heads and necks out, looked very odd, and we could not help laughing at each other.
The laughter seemed to make the walk back shorter, and we were soon again seated under our tree at Falcon Stream. My wife at once put some of the potatoes on the fire. She next milked the cow and goats, and gave us each some milk to drink, which we were glad of, as the walk had made us thirsty.
When the potatoes were at last cooked they turned out excellent, and we made a hearty supper on them before climbing our ladder to rest in our aerial castle. |
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