Предлагаем вниманию читателей сказки американского писателя Лаймена Фрэнка Баума (1856–1919), автора знаменитой книги «Волшебник из страны Оз».
Книга адресована всем любителям англоязычной литературы.
Оглавление
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.