Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow; For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball, And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all. He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, And can only... The Sprague Classic Readers: Book 1-5 - Page 108by Sarah E. Sprague - 1902Full view - About this book
| 1897 - 1166 pages
...taller, like an indialubber ball. And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all. One morning very early, before the sun was up, I rose...buttercup ; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepyhead, Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed. — Robert Louis Stfi'enspn. A... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - 1885 - 124 pages
...make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close beside me, he 'sa coward you can see ; I 'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks...buttercup ; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed. XIX SYSTEM T~* VERY night my... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1887 - 156 pages
...taller like an India-rubber ball, i And he sometimes gets so little that there 's none of him at all. 3. One morning, very early, before the sun was up, I...buttercup ; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Had staid at home behind me, and was fast asleep in bed. LESSON 28.-PART 1. knlfe blade... | |
| Horace Parker Chandler - 1893 - 286 pages
...make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close beside me, he 'sa coward you can SQC; I 'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks...buttercup ; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Had stayed at home behind me, and was fast asleep in bed ! fiferf, THE BABY. Etoenttetl).... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 400 pages
...hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can...buttercup; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed. XIX SYSTEM EVERY night my prayers... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 394 pages
...hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can...buttercup; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed. XIX SYSTEM EVERY night my prayers... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 394 pages
...hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play. And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can...buttercup; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed. XIX SYSTEM EVERY night my prayers... | |
| Martha Luther Lane - 1895 - 116 pages
...taller like an india-rubber ball, And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all. One morning, very early, before the sun was up, I...stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed. Early to bed and early to rise, — RL STEVENSON. THE RABBIT AND THE HEDGEHOG. Once upon a time a rabbit... | |
| Francis M. Stalker, Charles Madison Curry, Walter W. Storms - 1900 - 718 pages
...taller like an India rubber ball. And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all. One morning, very early, before the sun was up, I...found the shining dew on every buttercup : But my la/.y little shadow, like an arrant sleepy head, Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - 1896 - 694 pages
...hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can...buttercup; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed. XIX SYSTEM EVERY night my prayers... | |
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