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... and Deer (told 1894) Topping the Bill Coyote and Badger (told 1891) Blind Granny Goody’s Hairy Lips Panther and Lynx (told 1891) Cecelia and Crab Seal and Crab (told 1891) Adventures in a Wobbling World Myth of the Mink (told 1891) The Berry Girls and their Cookie Kids Robin and Salmonberry (told 1891) Panther and Owl (told 1891) Boss Boil and the Importa...

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...Excerpt: In the sea, once upon a time, O my Best Beloved, there was a Whale, and he ate fishes. He ate the starfish and the garfish, and the crab and the dab, and the plaice and the dace, and the skate and his mate, and the mackereel and the pickereel, and the really truly twirlywhirly eel. All the fishes he could find in all the sea he ate with his mouth--so! Til...

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.......................... 29 HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE ......................................................................................... 53 THE CRAB THAT PLAYED......................................................................................................... 64 WITH THE SEA ..........................................................................................

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...................................................................... 53 THE CRAB THAT PLAYED ............................................................. ...s a Whale, and he ate fishes. He ate the starfish and the garfish, and the crab and the dab, and the plaice and the dace, and the skate and his mate, ... ... alone to find The daughter that was all to him. 64 Just So Stories THE CRAB THAT PLAYED WITH THE SEA B EFORE THE HIGH and Far-Off Times, O my Best... ...ls obedient to me.’ Now, while the two were talking together, Pau Amma the Crab, who was next in the game, scuttled off sideways and stepped into the ... ... the roots of the Wonderful Tree he touched the broad back of Pau Amma the Crab. And Pau Amma settled down at the touch, and all the Sea rose up as wa... ...ght. There was nobody in the world so big as Pau Amma— for he was the King Crab of all Crabs. Not a common Crab, but a King Crab. One side of his grea... ...his legs, but he could only stir up the Sea, because, though he was a King Crab, he was nothing more than a Crab, and the Eldest Magician laughed. ‘Yo... ...k falls off a cocoa-nut, and Pau Amma was left all soft—soft as the little crabs that you sometimes find on the beach, Best Beloved. ‘Indeed, you are ... ...maller and smaller and smaller, till at last there was only a little green crab swim- ming in the water alongside the canoe, crying in a very small vo...

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...ss as a boy and go after Proteus. The play also includes some wonderfully comic supporting characters, particularly Launce and his scene-stealing dog Crab. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)...

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...ith its four legs. -- Page 7-How does a horse go? It goes with its hooves. -- Page 9-How does a fish go? It goes with its fins. -- Page 10-How does a crab go? It goes with its ten legs. -- Page 12-How does a tricycle go? It goes with its three little wheels. -- Page 15-How does a car go? It goes with its wheels. -- Page 17-How does a big truck go? It goes with its big whee...

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...and dismayed. She had been his main landmark while growing up, through thick and thin, beyond their bickering and later fights. Her fight against the crab. The chemio, the false hopes of remission and the horrendous, emaciating, ineluctable life-sucking descent into the final days had been a nightmare he still couldn't shake off, try as he may. So, at least, here was some...

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...n, who dare think, are anxious to penetrate—for illustration: If we bury a crab for three months in horse-dung, he will turn to a scorpion. But ...

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...insulting a police officer on duty?" – the policeman hints and she is pacified, retreating, crablike, eyes downcast, towards her shopping. "Who is ... ...Passover, the Seder night, and you are intruding." He reciprocated miserably and retreated crab-like, sideways, afraid to turn his back on the host... ...on't call him that!" My mother served her scalding coffee and my grandmother kept mumbling crabbily: "He is not for you, Donna. You forget about hi...

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...h!” Just then, the seagull family heard someone calling for help. A hermit crab was crawling up and down the beach looking for her son. “Help! Please... ...rd this, he flew high up in the sky and began looking for the lost hermit crab. When the green turtle heard about the lost hermit crab, he wanted to ... ... turtle heard about the lost hermit crab, he wanted to help, too. “Hermit crabs eat sea grass just like me!” he shouted from the water. “I will swim... ...ou find your son.” The friends worked together to find the missing hermit crab. Finally, they found him resting inside his beautiful new shell, and ... ...et him. “My legs were very tired carrying this big shell,” said the hermit crab. “I was just looking for a nice, quiet place to rest.” “I could see y... ...!” Apago PDF Enhancer the Baobab that opened Its Heart 24 Mother hermit crab was so happy that she scrambled over to her son and hugged him. “Than...

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..."The chair recognizes Yolbas, Slayer of Whales and Leader of the Games of Crab and Crayfish." Yolbas rose, leaning back on his tail, flaunting the ... ...le dragonettes. He led them in the elaborate, mental war games that sent crabs and crayfishes tearing at each other as the playing dragons forced t... ...ings, forcing Yolbas and Chih-nil to slip and slide aside like scrambling crabs. Han Chung-li's claw began to jerk up and down; the sieve tore at t... ...om his spine, made Lei-kung feel warm, creamy. "This isn't like making a crab fight a lobster. The Rosary of the Dancing Northern Lights has given... ...it." "You know how Yolbas and his super soldiers force the crayfish and crabs to fight?" "Of course, they control their minds." "Well, the pala... ...t going to be ugly! A life of scratching and shedding. Do I look like a crab, dumping husks all over the place!" "Will you shut up. Let's get t...

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...d by fears of his personal safety -- Description of the King -- Animal life on Crab island -- An accident to the ship -- A pleasant visit to the islan... ... calculated to render life supportable. They obtained food from eels and small crabs which they were occasionally able to capture, and they found a co... ... had thus ventured into his presence with considerable disdain. ANIMAL LIFE ON CRAB ISLAND. The King paid no further visit to Drake or attention to th... ...Hind left the Moluccas on the 9th of November, and five days later anchored at Crab Island, which is one of the Celebes. This island was found to be u... ... camp on shore and repaired their ship for the homeward voyage. The sojourn at Crab Island proved to be an extremely pleasant one, as it afforded ever... ...he whole forest appeared to be on fire. There were also great numbers of land-crabs, so large that the body of one was sufficient for a meal for four... ...l. AN ACCIDENT TO THE SHIP. On the 12th day of December the Hind departed from Crab Island, and sailing westward soon got among some islets and shoals... ...e leaving England. In all the shallows, and especially the inlets, oysters and crabs were extremely plentiful, many of the former being pearl bearing,...

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... gliding toward us, grey-hulked, no flags raised, oars shuffling like sick crabs. Was it defeat or half-victory? Who, among our men, was lost, dead, ... ...oot, and a black-tipped tail. His greenish eyes glare out of skinniness. Crabby. Maturina hates him. Francesco calls him “Michelangelo.” My fou... ...s hands. I made drawings of my own hands, in the days I could squeeze the crabprongs of a horseshoe with ease. I remember Mother’s loving hands, Cat... ...fluted like fans close to our keel. Streamers of kelp and seaweed tangled crab and shark and I fell asleep, my play forgotten, the lamp burning, bur... ... December 4, 1615 So the plays evolved, week by week, line by line, the crabbed scrawl, poem and song, comedy and tragedy; so the characters came ...

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...0 g each of Tuna, Salmon, and Mackerel 50 g of Shark or firm Fish with bones 1 Crab, 1 Dozen each of Mussels and Prawns 1 Cup of Squid finely slice... ... for thirty minutes. 109 Discard the bones and bouquet garni; add the crab, salmon, tuna, and mackerel and cook again five more minutes. ...

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... gliding toward us, grey-hulked, no flags raised, oars shuffling like sick crabs. Was it defeat or half-victory? Who, among our men, was lost, dead, ...

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...s dipped in our succulent sirloin oil by a cook who used to be a convict! Crab pot pie sampler hot: This is grilled with our grill, over flames o...

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...01,598 metric tons, 418,912 metric tons; exports exclude canned fish, canned crab, and caviar (1985) Major industries: diversified, highly developed c...

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...y foal; And sometime lurk I in a gossip's bowl In very likeness of a roasted crab, And when she drinks, against her lips I bob And on her withered...

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... Feather!’ the Sheep cried again, taking more needles. ‘You’ll be catching a crab directly.’ ‘A dear little crab!’ thought Alice. ‘I should like tha... ...aid Alice: ‘you’ve said it very often—and very loud. Please, where ARE the crabs?’ ‘In the water, of course!’ said the Sheep, sticking some of the... ...er knitting all the while, just as if nothing had happened. ‘That was a nice crab you caught!’ she re marked, as Alice got back into her place, very ... ...to the dark water. ‘I wish it hadn’t let go—I should so like to see a little crab to take home with me!’ But the Sheep only laughed scornfully, and we... ...ep only laughed scornfully, and went on with her knitting. ‘Are there many crabs here?’ said Alice. ‘Crabs, and all sorts of things,’ said the She... ... “I sometimes dig for buttered rolls, Or set limed twigs for crabs; I sometimes search the grassy knolls For...

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...” continued the doctor, paying no heed to the interruption. “I am catching crabs for my uncle Brazier here.” “Rabouiller” is a Berrichon word which ad... ...il and bubble with a branch whose end-shoots spread out like a racket. The crabs, 120 The Two Brothers frightened by this operation, which they do no... ...tural grace of childlike innocence. “Has your uncle got permission to hunt crabs?” “Hey! are not we all under a Republic that is one and indi- visible... ... virtue; the fact being that she was humiliated by hav- ing, at her age, a crab-girl for a mistress,—a child who had been brought barefoot into the ho... ...he house and managed all its business. Jean-Jacques left everything to the crab-girl so completely that life without her would have seemed to him not ... ...t—with a scoundrel such as you represent him, and a daring woman like that crab-girl—as to be actually impossible,” remarked Joseph. “We should have t... ...astened at the wrists by handsome bracelets. A gold chain rippled over the crab-girl’s bosom as she leaned forward to give Jean-Jacques his black silk... ...ly on the best of terms with him. People flocked to their doors to see the crab- girl’s triumph over the family. This astounding event made the sensat... ...n keeping the old man up to his resolution; and, together, we’ll make that crab-girl see on which side her bread is buttered.” Monsieur Hochon felt th...

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...as moving slowly to- wards me. Then I saw the thing was really a monstrous crab- like creature. Can you imagine a crab as large as yonder table, with ... ...alm, I turned, and I saw that I had grasped the antenna of another monster crab that stood just behind me. Its evil eyes were wriggling on their stalk... ... darkling heavens. Then I stopped once more, for the crawling multitude of crabs had disappeared, and the red beach, save for its livid green liverwor...

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...n the ear of caelo, the sky, the welkin, the heaven; and anon falleth like a crab on the face of terra, the soil, the land, the earth. Love’ s Labours... ...s sit brooding in the snow And Marian’s nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu whit; Tu w...