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Title: The Wonderful Bed

Author: Gertrude Knevels

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Language: English

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THE WONDERFUL BED

By

GERTRUDE KNEVELS

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WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY EMILY HALL CHAMBERLIN

1912

[Illustration: Ann was ready to cry and Rudolf had drawn his sword.]

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CONTENTS

I AUNT JANE'S OLD TOYS

II THE ANGRY WARMING-PAN

III A VISIT TO THE GOOSE

IV THE FALSE HARE

V REAL LIVE PIRATES

VI ABOARD THE MERRY MOUSER

VII CATNIP ISLAND

VIII MUTINY ON BOARD

IX CAPTAIN JINKS

X MEETING A QUEEN

XI THE GOOD DREAMS

XII ENTER THE KNIGHT-MARE

XIII THE BAD DREAMS

XIV IN THE HOLLOW TREE

XV COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

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CHAPTER I

AUNT JANE'S OLD TOYS

It was beginning to get dark in the big nursery. Outside the wind
howled and the rain beat steadily against the window-pane. Rudolf and
Ann sat as close to the fire as they could get, waiting for Betsy to
bring the lamp. Peter had built himself a comfortable den beneath the
table and was having a quiet game of Bears with Mittens, the cat, for
his cub--quiet, that is, except for an angry mew now and then from
Mittens, who had not enjoyed an easy moment since the arrival of the
three children that morning.

"Rudolf," Ann was saying, as she looked uneasily over her shoulder,
"I almost wish we hadn't come to stay at Aunt Jane's alone without
mother. I don't believe I like this room, it