BUT HE FOUND HE, TOO, HAD A BEAK 7
THEY SANG AND DANCED 8
NEITHER THE LATCH NOR THE HINGE BORE ANY TRACE OF HAVING BEEN BITTEN 10
LOOKING FOR THE KEY 11
KANGAROO-CONFECTIONER 13
TO CARRY THE LAST CURL AS THOUGH IT WERE THE END OF A TRAIN 16
THEY MADE ONE WANT TO DANCE 17
WITH THE SPOON WHICH EVERY WIG CARRIES HUNG FROM HIS BELT 19
THESE HORSES, HOWEVER, WERE MADE OF SUGAR 20
THE SPONGES 21
TO RETURN TO A MERE SHAPELESS THING ONCE AGAIN 23
A TRAVELLER TOLD US 24
NEVERTHELESS SMALY AND REDY STARTED TO HELP HIM 26
THE GRUB WAS REALLY THE DOORKEEPER 27
"WE WISH TO HAVE THREE GIRLS" 28
THE CROW LIFTED HIM UP 29
THE CROW 30
THE MOTHER OF THE CROW 31
"SHE SEES ONLY ONE SIDE OF MEN, BIRDS, AND THINGS" 32
THE SHORT-LEGGED MAN 35
PAPYLICK 36
OPENING THE NUTS AND DISPLAYING THE TWO LITTLE PEOPLE 39
LEADING BY THE HAND THE CHOCOLATE GRUB 40
THE BIRDS WITH THEIR LEGS ENCASED IN CUTLET FRILLS 41
THE EGGS RUNNING ALONG 42
THEY WERE GENTLE AND PRETTY PIGS 43
A MOST SPLENDID FEAST 44
THE DESPOILER 45
WHICH IS IN THIS COUNTRY A GREAT SIGN OF MIRTH 46
HE FLED HASTILY 47
MISTIGRIS 48
THE YOUNG STORK 49
EVERY ONE UTTERED CRIES OF INDIGNATION 50
"YOU CAN ROLL THE CORD" 51
THE CHIEF CONTRACTOR REPLIED 53
CHILDREN WERE BUILT OF MUCH FEWER SLICES OF CAKE THAN THE GROWN-UPS 54
THESE CREATURES WILL EAT THE TOP OFF THE WALLS 55
ANGER 56
IT SEEMED TO THEM THAT MEN GREW UPWARDS AND NOT TOWARDS THE GROUND 57
SOME VERY ELEGANT MICE 58
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