Entertainments for Home, Church and School by Frederica Seeger
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tough old turkey."
"But she saucily told me I was no better than"--(Music-seller) "an old fiddle." "I soon had enough of that, so I asked my wife to go with me to buy"--(Tailor) "a pair of trousers." "But she said she must have her lunch first, which consisted of----" etc., etc., through half a dozen pages, the tradesmen supply more or less appropriate articles to fill up the gaps in the discourse. CHAPTER V. RAISIN TORTOISE--LEMON PIG--SEASICK PASSENGER--ENCHANTED RAISINS--LUMP OF SUGAR--MYSTERIOUS PRODUCTION--FAMILY GIANT THE RAISIN TORTOISE This noble animal is constructed as follows: A muscatel raisin forms the body, and small portions of the stalk of the same fruit the head and legs. With a little judgment in the selection of the pieces of stalk and the mode in which they are thrust into the body, it is surprising what a life-like tortoise may be thus produced. While the work of art in question is being handed round on a plate for admiration, the artist may further distinguish himself, if the wherewithal is |
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