The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe: or, There's No Place Like Home
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Douglas Amanda M.. The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe: or, There's No Place Like Home
CHAPTER I. JOE'S GRAND DISCOVERY
CHAPTER II. PLANNING IN THE TWILIGHT
CHAPTER III. A CHANCE FOR FLOSSY
CHAPTER IV. THE IDENTICAL SHOE
CHAPTER V. GOOD LUCK FOR JOE
CHAPTER VI. FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES
CHAPTER VII. THE OLD TUMBLER, AFTER ALL
CHAPTER VIII. FLORENCE IN STATE
CHAPTER IX. FOURTH OF JULY
CHAPTER X. WHICH SHOULD SHE CHOOSE?
CHAPTER XI. OUT OF THE OLD HOME-NEST
CHAPTER XII. JOE'S FORTUNE
CHAPTER XIII. FROM GRAY SKIES TO BLUE
CHAPTER XIV. A FLOWER-GARDEN IN DOORS
CHAPTER XV. HOW CHARLIE RAN AWAY
CHAPTER XVI. ALMOST DISCOURAGED
CHAPTER XVII. LOST AT SEA
CHAPTER XVIII. A SONG IN THE NIGHT
CHAPTER XIX. IN THE OLD HOME-NEST AGAIN
CHAPTER XX. WHEREIN THE OLD SHOE BECOMES CROWDED
CHAPTER XXI. HOW THE DREAMS CAME TRUE
CHAPTER XXII. CHRISTMASTIDE
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It was a rainy August day, and the children were having a glorious time up in the old garret. Over the house-part there were two rooms; but this above the kitchen was kept for rubbish. A big wheel, on which Granny used to spin in her younger days, now answered for almost any purpose, from a coach and four, to a menagerie: they could make it into an elephant, a camel, or a hyena, by a skilful arrangement of drapery.
There were several other pieces of dilapidated furniture, old hats, old boots, a barrel or two of papers; in fact, a lot of useless traps and a few trophies that Joe had brought home; to say nothing of Charlie's endless heaps of trash, for she had a wonderful faculty of accumulation; herbs of every kind, bundles of calamus, stacks of "cat-tails," the fuzz of which flew in every direction with the least whiff of wind.
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There was a huge steaming dish of mush in the middle of the table; and the hungry children went at it in a vigorous manner. Some had milk, and some had molasses; and they improvised a dessert by using a little butter, sugar, and nutmeg. They spiced their meal by recounting their imaginary adventures; but Granny was observed to wipe away a few tears over the shipwreck.
"It was all make believe," said Joe sturdily. "Lots of people go to sea, and don't get wrecked."
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