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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...pismire. "If you don't work, we'll bite off your head!" The hint was enough. Philibert rushed at the dry bit of grass, and pulled and tugged at it for his life. He had never laboured so hard before. "Where are we to take it?" asked Philibert, when stopping for a moment to take breath. "Into the hill, of course; there's one of the walls that needs repairing. Pull the grass right into that doorway," said the ant. Philibert had been afraid to venture into the ant-hill in company with Sydney Pierce; and now to go into a dark place where he would probably lose his way, and that with a pismire who had thoughts of biting off his head, was so exceedingly unpleasant, that the poor little fellow could not make up his mind to do it. Philibert's end of the burden was nearer the hole than that held by his new companion, but, by a sudden movement, he managed to change its position. "What are you about, you stupid?" cried the pismire. "We don't want to lay it across the door, but to carry it ia" "I want you to take your end in first," replied Philibert, secretly resolving that he would not enter at all. "You're an awkward pismire, if there ever was one!" cried the little labourer, turning his end of the burden, however, so as to drag it first into the hole. No sooner had the wood-ant disappeared under the dark little doorway, than Philibert dropped the bit of dry grass, and took to his,--I must not say heels,--but his six little legs, and ran off at a tremendous pace, considering the smallness of their size. Nothing could stop him in his course, not even lumps of clod almost as big as peas. A hairy caterpillar lay in his way--Philibert was over her in a moment! The boy ant was running for his life, for ...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1130661040
- ISBN 13 9781130661040
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages36
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