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Page 525
... began at her coal- black eyes , and ran down and tugged at the curling corners of her ample mouth , until her brown face was all aglee ; and she - kicked and laughed and shook the fat cloth cat and shouted : « Yai - yai - yah ! Yai ...
... began at her coal- black eyes , and ran down and tugged at the curling corners of her ample mouth , until her brown face was all aglee ; and she - kicked and laughed and shook the fat cloth cat and shouted : « Yai - yai - yah ! Yai ...
Page 526
... began to smile . « Little eye ! » she said . And the Infant twisted himself in such con- fusion that he was in danger of falling from the flower - pots into an ignominious heap in the middle of the Important Town . Miss Oo kept looking ...
... began to smile . « Little eye ! » she said . And the Infant twisted himself in such con- fusion that he was in danger of falling from the flower - pots into an ignominious heap in the middle of the Important Town . Miss Oo kept looking ...
Page 527
... began to devour it while Hoo Chee waited . << Little girl ? » he inquired at length in her own manner . But she was too busy to answer . She looked at him over the cooky with two grave eyes , while the particles of bean - meal collected ...
... began to devour it while Hoo Chee waited . << Little girl ? » he inquired at length in her own manner . But she was too busy to answer . She looked at him over the cooky with two grave eyes , while the particles of bean - meal collected ...
Page 528
... began to show his treasures - the many bits of colored crockery , and pins and buttons and scraps of cloth , and every odd and end from the débris pile that had a bril- liant hue or shape unusual . The small girl cooed , and reached for ...
... began to show his treasures - the many bits of colored crockery , and pins and buttons and scraps of cloth , and every odd and end from the débris pile that had a bril- liant hue or shape unusual . The small girl cooed , and reached for ...
Page 530
... began to sniffle too , resisting with all her tiny strength the loosening of her grasp of Hoo Chee's pigtail . When it was accomplished she broke into a wail . « Miss Oo ! Miss Oo ! » she cried woefully . Hoo Chee was dragged by his ...
... began to sniffle too , resisting with all her tiny strength the loosening of her grasp of Hoo Chee's pigtail . When it was accomplished she broke into a wail . « Miss Oo ! Miss Oo ! » she cried woefully . Hoo Chee was dragged by his ...
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