The Story of the Red Cross as told to The Little Colonel
The Story of the Red Cross as told to The Little Colonel
By Annie Fellows Johnston
5 May, 2021
Excerpt from The Story of the Red Cross: As Told to the Little Colonel
Far away in the distance she could see the shining snow crown of Mont Blane, and it gave her an odd feeling, as if she were living in a geography lesson, to know that she was b
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Excerpt from The Story of the Red Cross: As Told to the Little Colonel
Far away in the distance she could see the shining snow crown of Mont Blane, and it gave her an odd feeling, as if she were living in a geography lesson, to know that she was bounded on one side by the famous Alpine mountam and on the other by the River Rhone, whose source she had often traced on the map. The sun shine, the music, and the gay crowds made it seem to Lloyd as if the whole world were out for a holiday, and she ate her melon and listened to the plans for the day with the sensation that something very delightful was about to happen.
We'll go shopping this morning, said Mrs. Sherman. I want Lloyd to see some of those wonderful music boxes they make here; the dancing bears, and the musical hand-mirrors; the chairs that play when you sit down in them, and the beer-mugs that begin a tune When you lift them up. Less