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Title: "Carrots:"
Just a Little Boy

Author: Mrs. Molesworth

Illustrator: Walter Crane

Release Date: August 27, 2010 [EBook #33544]

Language: English

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"CARROTS:"

JUST A LITTLE BOY

"Is it then a great mistake
That Boys were ever made at all?"

[Illustration: There she sat, as still as a mouse, holding her precious
burden. (_See page_ 9.) _Frontispiece_]

"CARROTS:"

JUST A LITTLE BOY

BY

MRS. MOLESWORTH

(ENNIS GRAHAM)

AUTHOR OF "TELL ME A STORY" "CUCKOO CLOCK"
"GRANDMOTHER DEAR" ETC.

[Illustration: p. 210.]

ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE

LONDON
MACMILLAN & CO.
1876

TO

SIX LITTLE COUSINS

MORIER, BEVIL,
NOEL, LIONEL,
EDWARD,
AND BABY BRIAN.

EDINBURGH, 1870

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. FLOSS'S BABY 1

II. SIX YEARS OLD 12

III. PLANS 26

IV. THE LOST HALF-SOVEREIGN 44

V. CARROTS IN TROUBLE 60

VI. CARROTS "ALL ZIGHT" AGAIN 78

VII. A LONG AGO STORY 91

VIII. "THE BEWITCHED TONGUE" 111

IX. SYBIL 130

X. A JOURNEY AND ITS ENDING 152

XI. HAPPY AND SAD 180

XII. "THE TWO FUNNY LITTLE TROTS" 206

XIII. GOOD ENDINGS 236

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

THERE SHE SAT, AS STILL AS A MOUSE, HOLDING HER
PRECIOUS