John Dough and the Cherub

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Baum Lyman Frank. John Dough and the Cherub

The Great Elixir

The Two Flasks

The Gingerbread Man

John Dough Begins his Adventures

Chick, the Cherub

The Freaks of Phreex

The Lady Executioner

The Palace of Romance

The Silver Pig

Pittypat and the Mifkets

The Island Princess

Para Bruin, the Rubber Bear

Black Ooboo

Under Land and Water

The Fairy Beavers

The Flight of the Flamingoes

Sport of Pirate Island

Hiland and Loland

King Dough and his Court

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Presently she remembered that the front door was yet unlocked. So she trotted out into the shop, bolted the door securely, drew down the curtains, and put out the dim light that had burned over the counter. Then Madame returned to the little room and looked at the two flasks again.

Aside from her rheumatism the good lady had one other physical weakness; she was color-blind. That is, she could seldom distinguish one color from another, and was quite liable to think blue was green and green was yellow. Many people have this trouble with their eyes; but it never had bothered Madame especially in waiting upon her customers.

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John Dough pressed forward until he was quite in the front row, and just behind the men who were firing the rockets.

For a time he watched the rush of the colored fires with much pleasure, and thoroughly enjoyed the sputtering of a big wheel that refused to go around, merely sending out weak and listless spurts of green and red sparks, as is the manner of such wheels.

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