Tommy Fox kept a sharp look-out to see what he could capture to eat. But he could discover nothing at all. To be sure, there were birds in the trees, and birds' nests too, and Tommy was very fond of birds' eggs. But he couldn't climb trees. T... Read more of TOMMY FOX IS HUNGRY at Children Stories.ca

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A TUTOR bidding one of his pupils, whose name was Charles Howl, to make
some English verses, and seeing he put teeth to rhyme with feet,
told him he was wrong there, as that was no proper rhyme. Charles
answered, You have often told me that H was no letter, and therefore
this is good rhyme. His tutor said, Take heed, Charles, of that
evasion, for that will make you an owl.

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