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    612-822-4611

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City Sparrows and Who Fed Them

City Sparrows and Who Fed Them

Lynn, Ruth Nadelman

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Historical Fiction

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ISBN10: 1151976202
ISBN13: 9781151976208
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 74
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.17 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...and climbing into her lap, and putting her arms round her, said, 'Please don't cry any more; we won't give you any trouble this morning, ' and she looked round, as if appealing for a confirmation of the excellent resolve from the other two. They were all as good as their word; and as the morning houi-s flew happily away, Margaret felt her anxiety and trouble grow lighter. Dr. Belfield was right when he begged her to return to her pupils, for they made her forget herself and her sore trouble. It was not like a day at the end of November, for the sun had cleared away the heavy fog, and shone clear and warm into every dwelling, as Margaret and her pupils turned out for their walk before dinner. There was always a great deal to be talked over in these walks, for the Belfield children made her the confidant of all their plans and schemes, and to-day they were listening with eager faces to the story of Harry and Zetta. Margaret had scarcely finished her tale, when, turning the corner of a street rather suddenly, who should she see but Zetta herself, seated on a doorstep, clothed in Nelly's old frock, with Mrs. Smith's baby in her arms, who was crowing merrily in the sunshine 1 Zetta perceived her friend at once, and, rising, made a shy curtsey, glancing furtively as she did so at the three well-dressed children beside her. 'Well, Zetta, ' said Margaret, smiling, 'how ia it you are so far from home 1' 'If you please, miss, the other children's gone to school, so I've come up here because it's nearer Harry, miss;' and the child glanced towards the gates and railings at the end of the square, inside which the hospital stood. 'Harry said I should come and see him, but nobody's taken me, and they wouldn't let me in if i asked, so I like just to come and think about him ...

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