The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
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page 36 of 59 (61%)
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"I needed to cool off," said Spotty to himself and slid into a little pool of water. Then he tried the bank again, and just as before he slipped back two steps for every three he went up. But he shut his mouth tight and kept at it, and by and by he was up to the place from which he had tumbled. There he stopped to get his breath. "I can if I will, and will if I can! I'm sure to get there if I follow this plan," said he and started on again. Twice more he tumbled clear down to the place he had started from, but each time he laughed at himself and tried again. And at last he reached the top of the bank. "I said I could if I would, and I would if I could, and I have!" he cried. Then he hurried to see what was behind the strange wall. What do you think it was? Why, a pond! Yes, Sir, there was a pond right in the middle of the Green Forest! Trees were coming up right out of the middle of it, but it was a sure enough pond. Spotty found it harder work to believe his own eyes now than when he had first seen the strange wall across the Laughing Brook. "Why, why, why, what does it mean?" exclaimed Spotty the Turtle. "That's what I want to know!" cried Billy Mink, who came hurrying up just then. |
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