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Title: Stories for the household
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894 Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill
Subjects: Fairy tales
Publisher: London : G. Routledge and Sons

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well when the exercis-ing begins. But then we shall be killed, as the boys say:—and only listen, nowtheyre singing again. Listen to me, and not to them, said the Mother-Stork. After thegreat review we shall fly away to the warm countries, far away fromhere, over mountains and forests. AVe shall fly to Egypt, where thereare three covered houses of stone, which curl in a point and tower abovethe clouds; they are called pyramids, and are older than a stork canimagine. There is a river in that country which runs out of its bed,and then all the land is turned to mud. One walks about in the mud,and eats frogs. Oh! cried all the young ones. Yes! It is glorious there ! One does nothing all day long but eat;and while we are so comfortable over there, here there is not a greenleaf on the trees; here it is so cold that the clouds freeze to pieces, andfall down in little white rags ! It was the snow that she meant, but she could not explain it in anyother way. fl .• • MvJi. • i. / /1 i *
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THE BOYS MOCKING THE STOEKS. And do the naughty boys freeze to pieces ? asked the youngStorks. No, they do not freeze to pieces ; but they are not far from it, andmust sit in the dark room and cower. You, on the other hand, can flyabout in foreign lands, where there are flowers, and the sun shineswarm. Now some time had elapsed, and the nestlings had grown so largethat they could stand upright in the nest and look far around ; and theFather-Stork came every day with delicious frogs, little snakes, and allkinds of stork-dainties as he found them. Oh! it looked funny whenhe performed feats before them ! He laid his head quite back upon histail, and clapped with his beak as if he had been a little clapper; andthen he told them stories, all about the marshes. Listen ! now you must learn to fly, said the Mother-Stork oneday ; and all the four young ones had to go out on the ridge of the roof.Oh, how they tottered ! how they balanced themselves with their wings,and yet they were nearly fall

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