Polly and the Maadie Goose Fairy Tale of Polly and the magic goose
Polly a mistreated orphan girl in a city-adjacent country endures toil and cold under a wicked aging couple and their granddaughter Margery. A magical toy goose grants Polly a transformed life, exposing the villains’ greed and delivering justice as Polly and a fairy flee to a new home with the goose’s blessing.
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Who is He A riddle about Jack Frost by Annie James
A short verse asks who visits children unseen at night and paints their noses red and withers flowers. It hints at a yearly arrival that is sometimes early or late and ends with the name Jack Frost attributed to the season’s chill, credited to Annie James.
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Jack Frost
Remarkable Tropical Birds Umbrella Bird and Bell Bird
Two remarkable birds the Umbrella bird and the Bell bird are described. The Umbrella bird lives along the upper Amazon River in high tree tops and feeds on wild fruits and berries. Its name comes from a flat topped crest that shades its face and a long feather lappet from the throat. The Bell bird has four species with white male plumage and colored naked faces. a pendulous forehead growth rises when excited as shown in the illustration.
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Amazon River
Little Johnny Perkins Goes to the Sea Bottom
A Florida fisherman's son Johnny Perkins, eager to sail, sneaks aboard the Nancy Lee. Davy Jones confronts him and spirits the boy to the bottom of the sea, threatening to imprison him as punishment for disobedience while his father, Jim Perkins, famed for luck, awaits news back home.
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Johnny Perkins
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Gulf of Mexico
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Laddie
Gulf
Jim Perkins
Whalen
Tim
Nancy Lee
Mike Jim Perkins
Captain Perkins
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Johnny Returns Safe From Sea Tale with Tim’s Help
A runaway boy is found by Uncle Tim after a perilous sea encounter. Johnny, shaken, vows never to sail again but is urged to join his mother on land. Tim plans to depart for sea with a partner, sending the boy home to tell his mother he is safe and fed.
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Johnny
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Riddies and Answers Puzzle Bits on a Hill
A riddle collection notes a mill on a hill with a moving wheel that stops at times, a road that moves up and down yet stands still, a door like a barn and a corset, and a question about something everyone can divide but cannot see where divided. It ends with the classic riddle Water.
Conundrums and Riddles from a Humorous Column
A string of old time jokes and riddle lines: beans like dudes when swollen, bash like an old maid when left over, little girls Ike windows with sashes, a tooth like a keg when plugged, and a gallows man like a drunkard after one extra drop.
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Bash
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