American Fairy Tales / Американские волшебные сказки. Книга для чтения на английском языке

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Лаймен Фрэнк Баум. American Fairy Tales / Американские волшебные сказки. Книга для чтения на английском языке

The Box of Robbers

The Glass Dog

The Queen of Quok

The Girl Who Owned a Bear

The Enchanted Types

The Laughing Hippopotamus

The Magic Bonbons

The Capture of Father Time

The Wonderful Pump

The Dummy that Lived

The King of the Polar Bears

The Mandarin and the Butterfly

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Отрывок из книги

No one intended to leave Martha alone that afternoon, but it happened that everyone was called away, for one reason or another. Mrs. McFarland was attending the weekly card party held by the Women’s Anti-Gambling League. Sister Nell’s young man had called quite unexpectedly to take her for a long drive.

Papa was at the office, as usual. It was Mary Ann’s day out. As for Emeline, she certainly should have stayed in the house and looked after the little girl; but Emeline had a restless nature.

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Martha was distressed.

“I think they have all been robbed,” she objected.

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