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“Awfully hard, Billy. Some of them had ‘grief swimming in their eyes.’” “I must be very careful, then, not to change it,” responded Nell, as she took the seat assigned to her. Betty had a conviction, though an unspoken one, that Moses was the primary cause of Job’s infirmity. The slowest of a large family of striped fluffy turkeys to emerge from the shell, he had been assisted in his efforts by the impatient Moses. Betty felt sure that the clumsy fingers of the boy had ruined the little turkey’s eye. The accusation, however, was too dreadful to be put into words..
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About seven or eight years later, the Queen of a neighbouring kingdom had two daughters. The elder was fairer than the day, and the Queen was so delighted, that it was feared some harm might come to her from her great joy. The same fairy who had assisted at the birth of little Riquet, was present upon this occasion, and in order to moderate the joy of the Queen, she told her that this little Princess would have no gifts of mind at all, and that she would be as stupid as she was beautiful. The Queen was greatly mortified on hearing this, but, shortly after, she was even more annoyed, when her second little daughter was born and proved to be extremely ugly. "Do not distress yourself, madam," said the fairy to her, "your daughter will find compensation, for she will have so much intelligence, that her lack of beauty will scarcely be perceived."I tried logging in using my phone number and I
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“Oh, chuck the business,” Jean said impatiently. “Can’t it wait till noon? I must go home then.” He laughed coarsely. “George Smith’s kid, all right. You’ve got the same high way with you.” “Next month when currants are ripe you shall see.” “Good-by Dad and Mar and Mosey,” called Betty as she sped down the path toward the school-house..
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