Identifier: mrrabbitathomese00harr2 (find matches)
Title: Mr. Rabbit at home; a sequel to Little Mr. Thimblefinger and his queer country
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
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Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company

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e ringand slipped it on the finger of her sleeping daugh-ter, and then stepped back a little to admire thebig golden circle on the coarse, red hand. Almost immediately the daughter began totoss and tumble in her sleep. She flung her armswildly about and tried to talk. The mother, be-coming alarmed, fried to wake her, but it was sometime before the girl could be roused from hertroubled sleep. Oh ! she cried, when she awoke, what isthe matter with me ? I dreamed some one wascutting my finger off. What was it ? Oh! ithurts me still! She held up the finger on which her motherhad placed the ring and tried to tear off thegolden band. (It burns — it burns !? she cried. Take it off. Her mother tried to take the ring off, but itwas some time before she succeeded. Her daugh-ter strug-crled and cried so that it was a hard mat- ter to remove the ring, which seemed to be as hotas fire. A red blister was left on the girls finger,and she was in great pain. What have I done ? the mother cried, see*
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HER STEPMOTHER CREPT INTO THE ROOM THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOXTTLDEN FOUNDATIONS THE MAGIC RING. 67 ing her daughters condition. The two made somuch noise that Eolen awoke and went to thedoor to find out what the trouble was. Go away, you hussy! screamed the step-mother when she saw Eolen at the door. ( Goaway ! You are a witch ! Why, what have I done ? Eolen asked. You are the cause of all this trouble. Foramusement I placed your gold ring on my deardaughters finger, and now see her condition ! Why, then, did you take my ring ? If youhad left it where I placed it, you would have hadnone of this trouble. Eolen spoke with so muchdignity that her stepmother was surprised intosilence, though she could talk faster and louderthan a flutter-mill. But finally she found hervoice. Go away ! You are a witch ! she said toEolen. But Eolen went boldly into the room. Giveme my ring ! she exclaimed. ( You shall wrongme no further. Give me my ring ! I will haveit! This roused the stepmot

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