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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. Smat scratched his head, and then he thoughtabout the awl and the axe and the shoemakerswax, and the pegs and the leather that werefound close together. So he said to the beautifulgirl:— Just sit here a little while, and I 11 see if Icant get you a shoe to fit your foot. But I musthave the other shoe as a pattern to work by. At first the girl did nt want to trust himwith the shoe, but she saw that he was in earnest,and so she pulled off the only shoe she had andplaced it in Smats hands. He saw at once thatthe leather he had was a match for that in theshoe, and he set to work with a light heart,—with a light heart, but his hand was heavy.And yet, somehow or other, he found that heknew all about making shoes, although he hadnever learned how. The leather fitted itself tothe last, and everything went smoothly. But thebeautiful girl, instead of feeling happy that shewould soon have a mate to her shoe, began togrow sad. She sat in a corner with her head m 7-5, !« - T : W~M^ ^ . yr m
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HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHINd OF A STRAY SHOE?- nE .NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY rOR, LENOXTTLD : FO U N %,\ TIONS THE SHOEMAKER. 233 between her hands and her hair hanging: down to o o her feet, and sighed every time Smat bored a holein the leather with his awl or drove in a peg.Finally, when he handed her the shoe entirelyfinished, she looked at it, sighed, and let it fallfrom her hands. 6 Of course, said Smat, I dont feel badover a little thing like that. But you dont haveto pay anything for the shoe, and you dont haveto wear it unless you want to. (Oh, it is not that, cried the beautiful girl.< The shoe will do ve/y well, but the moment Iput it on, your troubles will begin. Well, replied Smat, we must have troublesof some sort anyhow, and the sooner they begin,the sooner they ?11 be ended. So put on yourshoe. Now, it happened that just as the girl puton the shoe, which fitted her foot exactly, KingStuff and his councilors came driving up to thedoor. King Stuff was not a large man, but hewa

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