The Cuckoo Clock
by Molesworth
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- E-text prepared by Ted Garvin, Chuck Greif, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net)
- IT WAS A LITTLE BOAT.
- THE CUCKOO CLOCK
- AUTHOR OF "HERR BABY," "CARROTS," "GRANDMOTHER DEAR," ETC.
- ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE.
- 1895
- TO MARY JOSEPHINE, AND TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF HER BROTHER, THOMAS GRINDAL, BOTH FRIENDLY LITTLE CRITICS OF MY CHILDREN'S STORIES. Edinburgh, 1877.
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS:
- CHAPTER I.
- THE OLD HOUSE.
- CHAPTER II.
- IMPATIENT GRISELDA.
- CHAPTER III.
- OBEYING ORDERS.
- "WHY WON'T YOU SPEAK TO ME?"
- CHAPTER IV.
- THE COUNTRY OF THE NODDING MANDARINS.
- MANDARINS NODDING.
- CHAPTER V.
- PICTURES.
- MY AUNTS MUST HAVE COME BACK!
- CHAPTER VI.
- RUBBED THE WRONG WAY.
- CHAPTER VII.
- BUTTERFLY-LAND.
- SHE LOOKED LIKE A FAIRY QUEEN.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- MASTER PHIL.
- "WHERE ARE THAT CUCKOO?"
- CHAPTER IX.
- UP AND DOWN THE CHIMNEY.
- "TIRED! HOW COULD I BE TIRED, CUCKOO?"
- CHAPTER X.
- THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON.
- CHAPTER XI.
- "CUCKOO, CUCKOO, GOOD-BYE!"
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