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"carrots", Just a Little Boy and a Christmas Child
carrots Just a Little Boy and a Christmas Child Author:Mrs. Molesworth General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1893 Original Publisher: Macmillan and Co. Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / Literary Juvenile Fiction / General 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 Book... more »s 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: CHAPTER IV. THE LOST HALF-SOVEREIGN. " Children should not leave about Anything that's small aud bright; Lest the fairies spy it out, And fly off with it at night." POEMS WRITTEN FOE A CHILD. There was no buzzy sound in Mrs. White's garden this afternoon. It was far too early in the year for that, indeed it was beginning to feel quite chilly and cold, as the afternoons often do of fine days in early spring, and by the time Floss and Carrots had eaten their cake, and examined all the rose bushes to see if they could find any buds, and wished it were summer, so that there would be some strawberries hiding under the glossy green leaves, they began to wonder why nurse was so long -- and to feel rather cold and tired of waiting. " Just run to the door, Carrots, dear," said Floss, " and peep in to see if nurse is coming." She did not like to go herself, for she knew that nurse and Mrs. White were fond of a comfortable talk together and might not like to be interrupted by her. But Carrots they would not mind. Carrots set off obediently, but before he got to the door he met nurse coming out. She was followed by Mrs. White and both were talking rather earnestly. " You'll let me know, if so be as you find it, Mrs. Hooper ; you won't forget ? " -- Mrs. White was saying -- Hooper was nurse's name -- " for I feel quite oneasy -- I do that, for you." " I'll let you know, and thank you, Mrs. White," said nurse. " I'm glad I happened to bring some of my own money with me too, for I should ha...« less