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The Story of a Dewdrop - John R. (John Ross) Macduff
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Title: The Story of a Dewdrop
Author: J. R. Macduff
Release Date: November 14, 2006 [EBook #19809]
Language: English
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The Story of a Dewdrop
J. R. Macduff D D
With FOUR COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS
London Marcus Ward & Co Belfast
1881
FOREWORDS.
To Charlie.
Dewdrop is a small affair; and the world would not be the least interested, nor a bit the wiser, by knowing how I come affectionately to dedicate the story I have written about it to you. I may tell you it was one line of eleven words, read one night from a musty old volume of last century, which suggested it.
Everybody must have their play-hours and moments of recreation. I think I have gone back to other and more serious work all the better after writing a page or two of what follows. I am happy thus to have had my little holiday along with you in this ideal region of quaint conceits.
Shall we hope that others may share our pleasure?
Let us try.
The Story of
A DEWDROP.
CONTENTS
List of
ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER THE FIRST.
hree birds of very favourable repute in these regions met together one evening—a Thrush, a Lark, and a Nightingale. And all for what purpose, think you? It was a queer one—to hold a solemn conference about a Dewdrop!
Yes, it must be allowed it was an original thought which brought these three feathered friends thus into council; and a pretty talk to be sure they had about it.
They selected, as an appropriate time for preliminaries, the