The Nursery, February 1873, Vol. XIII.

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Various. The Nursery, February 1873, Vol. XIII.

THE BIOGRAPHY OF A BUBBLE

JACK'S MENAGERIE

THE STORY OF A LITTLE DUCK

OUR THANKSGIVING DINNER

THE GRANDPA STORY

JACK FROST

MISS JONES'S PICTURE

SUE'S SEASONS

"CLEAR THE COAST!"

OUR NEW DOG

BUNNY

THE CHILDREN'S PARTY

DANDY THE BEAR

LITTLE MISCHIEF

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VI

VII

TOO MANY PRESENTS

THE DOG AND THE SHADOW

Jack & Jill

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I was one of a family of nine brothers and sisters. We all found ourselves outside our shells one fine, sunny day in spring; but we felt chilly, and were glad to nestle under the wings of the kind old hen whom we regarded as our mother.

In a day or two, we began to look about the world. We found that it comprised a pretty lawn, on which our mansion was placed, with a brick wall at one end of it. The other end of the world was at the foot of the lawn, and consisted of a level expanse as smooth as a sheet of glass.

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Into this pond my brothers and sisters dashed, and of course I followed. How delicious! The water was cool and refreshing, and so buoyant, that we moved about on it more easily than we could walk on the land; but, when we looked back to the bank, we saw mother-hen calling out in grief and dread, "Cluck, cluck! come, come! you'll drown, drown! Oh, oh!"

"All right!" said my eldest brother; "no fear: here we are as jolly as sandboys! You may as well come. It's capital. Here goes for a dive!" And, so saying, under he went, and soon came up again, laughing, "Quack, quack! oh, it's so jolly!"

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