Morning-Glories, and Other Stories
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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1871 Original Publisher: G. W. Carleton and Company, Publishers Description: Green cloth binding stamped in gold and blind. Purple endpapers. Catalog of Carleton books, dated 1872, last 4 l. Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy t...
MoreGeneral Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1871 Original Publisher: G. W. Carleton and Company, Publishers Description: Green cloth binding stamped in gold and blind. Purple endpapers. Catalog of Carleton books, dated 1872, last 4 l. Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: POPPY'S PRANKS. SHE wasn't a wilfully naughty child, this harum- scarum Poppy, but very thoughtless and very curious. She wanted to see every thing, do ever) thing, and go everywhere : she feared nothing, and so was continually getting into scrapes. Pier pranks began early; for, when she was about four, her mamma one day gave her a pair of green shoes with bright buttons. Poppy thought there never was any thing so splendid, and immediately wanted to go to walk. But mamma was busy, and Poppy couldn't go alone any farther than the garden. She showed her shoes to the servants, the cat, the doves, and the flowers; and then opened the gate that the people in the street might see the trim little feet she was so proud of. Now Poppy had been forbidden to go out; but, when she saw Kitty Allen, her neighbor, playing ball down the street, she forgot every thing but the desire to show her new shoes ; and away she went inarching primly along as vain as a little peacock, as she watched the bright buttons twinkle, and heard the charming creak. Kitty saw her coming ; and, being an ill-natured little girl, took no notice, but called out to her brother Jack, -- "Ain't some folks grand ? If I couldn't have red shoes for my best, I wouldn't have any, would you ? " They both laughed, and this hurt Poppy's feelings dreadfully. She tossed her head, and tried to turn up her nose ; but, it was so very small, it couldn't be very scornful. S...
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