Identifier: littlefolksinbus00harr (find matches)
Title: Little folks in Busy-land
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Harris, Ada Van Stone Waldo, Lillian McLean
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Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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121 And prune ladies dressed in red.Raisin horses, girls and boys,Turtles, hares, and other joys.Snow-white men of marshmallow,Lollypop ladies in a row.Smiling girls and rosy boys,Come and try my nice sweet toys.1 All this sounded very inviting to Clara, so shewent into the fair grounds. The first ones she metwere the gingerbread twins. Their gingerbread feetstuck straight out to the right and to the left. Claratwisted her own feet so that they pointed sideways,but she could not walk at all.
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122 The gingerbread boy called to Clara: We haverun away from all the others! We can run awayfrom you, too! She can and I can! Before Claracould look at them again they were both out of sight Oh, dear, I do hope the gingerbread twins willnot meet the big pig that ate up Johnny-cake!sighed Clara. Then along came Mr. and Mrs. Prune. Theysmiled so pleasantly at Clara that she walked alongbeside them. Have you heard the story about ourcook? beamed Mrs. Prune. No? Well, then, wemust tell you. Our cook is the very best cook that ever lived.His eyes are black like currants, his skin is whitelike flour, his cheeks are rosy like apples, and hishair is just the color of brown sugar. He madeevery one of the good things you see at the Fair.The fig rabbits with raisin heads, the fig horses, theraisin turtles, the fig men with marshmallow heads,

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