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Title: The Great Panjandrum Himself

Author: Samuel Foote

Illustrator: Randolph Caldecott

Release Date: May 18, 2006 [EBook #18417]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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The Great Panjandrum himself

R. Caldecott's PICTURE Books
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THE GREAT PANJANDRUM

HIMSELF

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So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf

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to make

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an apple-pie;

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and at the same time a great she-bear,
coming down the street, pops its head
into the shop.

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What! no soap?

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So he died,

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and she very imprudently married the Barber:

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and there were present
the Picninnies,
and the Joblillies,

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and the Garyulies,

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and the great Panjandrum himself, with
the little round button at top;

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