author: dorothy canfield

... magic at a time, it's so tiring. Besides, it'll take us ever so long to put all these things ... things that she did not know the names of, and all were of dull ... league boots." "What does this brooch do?" asked Kathleen, reaching out her ...

... Scarecrow of Oz , and I command you to surrender yourself my prisoner . " " Why should I do that ? ” inquired the King , much astonished at the straw man's audacity . " Because I've decided you are too cruel a King to rule so beautiful ...

... bag of marbles so I can run faster, and I'll get the hat for you." Tossing ... Wow! Ouch! Oh, lollypops! Oh, sweet spirits of nitre!" And away he ran ... marbles nearly as well.

... done; but she took her work to the doorstep and thought busily as the ... made her look up. The child was pointing at the tulip and talking fast in English to ... crying." A struggle went on in Trudel's mind; and for a moment she did not ...

... Alphabet was to make a magic Alphabet - necklace of all the letters , so that it could be put in the Temple of Tegumai and kept for ever and ever . All the Tribe of Tegumai brought their most precious beads and beautiful things , and ...

... done; but she took her work to the doorstep and thought busily as the ... made her look up. The child was pointing at the tulip and talking fast in English to ... crying." A struggle went on in Trudel's mind; and for a moment she did not ...

... literary minimalism . In this respect , form mirrors function . For just as T.C. and Mr. Dewey rail against the ... minimalist trend in American literature , which may be traced back to her contem- porary Ernest Hemingway . As far as the ...

... Oz, nor do I know of any living person who has seen him.” “Does he never go out?” asked the Scarecrow. “Never. He sits day after day in the great Throne Room of his Palace, and even those who wait upon him do not see him face to face ...

... policemen, he came at length pretty near the place. The last policeman he questioned looked down upon him from the summit of six feet two inches, and replied with another question, but kindly: "What do you want there, my small kid? It ...

... last evening with Ruby Gillis after all ! " You look tired , Anne , ” he ... goodbye to me , and every one of the six managed to say something that ... anathema maranatha . You are the first Avonlea girl who has ever gone to college ; and ...

... bag of marbles so I can run faster , and I'll get the hat for you ... Wow ! Ouch ! Oh , lollypops ! Oh , sweet spirits of nitre ! " And away he ... marbles nearly as well.

... story is a decidedly modern conception. It was in the first half of the last century that Edgar Allan Poe worked out the idea that the short story should create a single effect. In his story, "The Fall of the House of Usher," for example ...

... sheet of paper white. 7. Her eyes are stars; her voice is music. 8. A fat little steamer rolled itself along like a ... Rewrite the following, changing the similes and metaphors to plain language. Notice how much the paragraph loses in ...