Category: Short Stories
"There are _thirteen_," repeated Dolly again. "Look, Max, begin at the side of the field nearest the gate--there are three close together, and then--oh dear, two have run back to the others, and--no, I can't count aloud, but I'm sure--" and she went on to herself, "one, two, t...
"It _is_ nice for you to have such a fine day to be six years old on, Miss Pansy dear," said nurse, when she came in to wake up the two little sisters and to give her own birthd...
2. Chapter 2"It is scarcely a 'story,'" said their mother, "it was only about a tremendous quarrel there once was in ancient times between some people as to what colour a certain shield was...
3. Chapter 3It was every Thursday, the regular market-day, when the country people came in to sell and to buy. But Northclough was not a pretty, old-fashioned country town, such as you woul...
1. Chapter 1"There are _thirteen_," repeated Dolly again. "Look, Max, begin at the side of the field nearest the gate--there are three close together, and then--oh dear, two have run back t...