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... watched the long thumbnail , hooked like a bird claw , digging at the cover , watched the red fingers feeling for a latch or spring . While the others stretched their necks to see , the chief turned Mule Ear over , prying at it with his ...
... watched the long thumbnail , hooked like a bird claw , digging at the cover , watched the red fingers feeling for a latch or spring . While the others stretched their necks to see , the chief turned Mule Ear over , prying at it with his ...
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... watched two crabs fighting and had seen one crab kill the other , she prob- ably would not have been as disturbed as she was about this death . Why was she so horri- fied and frightened to see the anemone devour the flesh of the crab ...
... watched two crabs fighting and had seen one crab kill the other , she prob- ably would not have been as disturbed as she was about this death . Why was she so horri- fied and frightened to see the anemone devour the flesh of the crab ...
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... watched this small man with a beardy face walk toward us . He took short steps and jabbed his sharpened sour- wood cane into the ground as he hurried down the path . " Wonder what he's after ? " Pa asked as Jake Timmins came near the ...
... watched this small man with a beardy face walk toward us . He took short steps and jabbed his sharpened sour- wood cane into the ground as he hurried down the path . " Wonder what he's after ? " Pa asked as Jake Timmins came near the ...
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