The Wonder-Child: An Australian Story
by Ethel Turner
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'Ah me! while thee the seas and sounding shoresHold far away.'They were walking from the school to the paddock where the children's horses, thirty or forty nondescript animals, grazed all day long.'Sh' think,' said Peter Small, son of the butcher who fed Wilgandra,—'Sh' think you could have afforded one sprat at least for teacher's present!''Afforded!' quoth Bartie Cameron. 'I could have afforded a thousand pounds!''Then why d'ye 'ave 'oles in your stockings, and bursted boots?' asked Peter.''Cause it's much nicer than having darns and patches,' returned Bartie, looking disparagingly upon his ...
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