 And they ran out like bees in a midsummer swarm. There were dames with their kerchiefs tied over their caps, To see if their poultry were free from mishaps; The turkeys they gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a terrified...  New National First [-fifth] Reader - Page 192by Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Arthur Lee - 1918 - 320 pages
...The turkeys 'all gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a terrified crowd. But the wind had passed on, and had met in a lane A schoolboy, who panted and struggled in vain, For it tossed him, and twirled him, then passed, and... | |
 | Arthur Treat Gorton, Edgar S. Pitkin, Mildred Cohn, Pauline Goodman - 1920 - 328 pages
...screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a terrified crowd; There was rearing of ladders, of logs laying on, Where the thatch from the roof threatened...panted and struggled in vain, For it tossed him, and twirled him, then passed and he stood With his hat in the pool and his shoe in the mud. — William... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Lura E. Runkel, Clara E. Lynch, George Linaeus Marsh - 1920 - 328 pages
...gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a terrified crowd; There was rearing of ladders, and logs laying on, Where the thatch from...the roof threatened soon to be gone. But the wind passed on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted and struggled in vain, For it tossed... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Lura E. Runkel, Clara E. Lynch, George Linnaeus Marsh - 1920 - 472 pages
...gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a terrified crowd; There was rearing of ladders, and logs laying on, Where the thatch from...the roof threatened soon to be gone. But the wind passed on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted and struggled in vain, For it tossed... | |
 | Arthur Mee - 1910 - 690 pages
...gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a terrified crowd ; There was rearing of ladders and logs laying on, Where the thatch from the roof threatened soon to be gone. DUT the wind had swept on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted and struggled in vain... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry, Erle Elsworth Clippinger - 1921 - 718 pages
...roost in a terrified crowd ; There was rearing of ladders, and logs laying on, But the wind had swept on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted and struggled in vain; For it tossed him and twirled him, then passed, and he stood With his hat in a pool and his shoes in the mud. Then away went... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry, Erle Elsworth Clippinger - 1921 - 716 pages
...gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a terrified crowd ; There was rearing of ladders, and logs laying on, Where the thatch from...roof threatened soon to be gone. But the wind had swept on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted and struggled in vain; For it tossed him... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry, Erle Elsworth Clippinger - 1921 - 720 pages
...gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a terrified crowd; There was rearing of ladders, and logs laying on, Where the thatch from the roof threatened soon to be But the wind had swept on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted and struggled in vain;... | |
 | 1850 - 450 pages
...gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a terrified crowd ; There was rearing of ladders, and logs laying on, Where the thatch from...gone. But the wind had passed on, and had met in a *ane With a schoolboy, who panted and struggled in vain, For it tossed him, and twirled him, then passed^... | |
 | William Russell - 1845 - 180 pages
...gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a terrified crowd : There was rearing of ladders, and logs laying on, Where the thatch from...roof threatened soon to be gone. But the wind had pressed on, and had met in a lane, With a schoolboy who panted and struggled in vain ; For it tossed... | |
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