A China cup, and other stories for children

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THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY
THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY.
THE BROWN OWL. A CHINA CUP, and other Stories. STORIES FROM FAIRYLAND. THE STORY OF A PUPPET. THE LITTLE PRINCESS. TALES FROM THE MABINOGION.
Seizing a heavy silver candlestick, the Magnate flung it violently at the fowl. Page 46.
A CHINA CUP AND OTHER STORIES FOR CHILDREN
FELIX VOLKHOVSKY
ILLUSTRATED BY MALISCHEFF
LONDON T. FISHER UNWIN 1892
SECOND EDITION

waggon drove to the great pit dug in the clay—not common clay, but such as china vessels are made of. A man with an iron spade jumped from the waggon; he entered the pit and began to dig the clay. After the first stroke of the spade a little lump fell out of the native ground, and with a bitter, plaintive murmur rolled down. Nobody heard the murmur; it seemed to the workman that the Lump in rolling down made a slight noise, whereas it was groaning: it was hard to be torn away from mother earth. 'All is over,' it whispered; 'oh, how hard it is to live in the world!'