The Book of WonderNo measure of wiser precaution could the elders of the nomads have taken than to choose for their thief that very Slith, that identical thief that (even as I write) in how many school-rooms governesses teach stole a march on the King of Westalia. Yet the weight of the box was such that others had to accompany him, and Sippy and Slorg were no more agile thieves than may be found today among vendors of the antique. |
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THE BRIDE OF THE MAN HORSE | 1 |
DISTRESSING TALE OF THANGOBRIND THE JEWELER | 7 |
PROBABLE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE LITERARY MEN | 16 |
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