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Title: The Pond

Author: Carl Ewald

Illustrator: Warwick Reynolds

Translator: Alexander Texeira De Mattos

Release Date: March 20, 2010 [EBook #31708]

Language: English

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THE POND

_By Carl Ewald_

TRANSLATED FROM
THE DANISH BY
ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS
AND
ILLUSTRATED BY
_Warwick Reynolds_

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THORNTON BUTTERWORTH LTD
15 BEDFORD ST LONDON WC2

_Published 1922_

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THE ROYAL ROAD
LIBRARY

THE CARL EWALD BOOKS

Translated by
ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS

* * * * *

1. TWO-LEGS

2. THE OLD WILLOW TREE
and other stories

6. THE POND

THE NETTA SYRETT BOOKS

3. TOBY & THE ODD BEASTS

4. RACHEL & THE SEVEN WONDERS

8. MAGIC LONDON

THE W. H. KOEBEL BOOKS

5. THE BUTTERFLIES' DAY

7. THE PAGEANT OF THE FLOWERS

* * * * *

THE ROYAL ROAD LIBRARY

THE POND

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CONTENTS

_Page_

CHAPTER I.
THE BEGINNING 13

CHAPTER II.
A MAN OF THE WORLD 19

CHAPTER III.
A MOTHER 27

CHAPTER IV.
THE WATER-SPIDER 37

CHAPTER V.
THE BLADDER-WORT 49

CHAPTER VI.
SUMMER 59

CHAPTER VII.
THE CARP 67

CHAPTER VIII.
THE MUSSEL 77