Mrs. Margery Two-Shoes.
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ing with the large Letters, the Children uſed to call this Ralph’s Alphabet.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.
He always ſat at her Elbow, as you ſee in the firſt Picture, and when any of the Children were wrong, ſhe uſed to call out, Put them right Ralph.
Some Days after me had met with the Raven, as ſhe was walking in the Fields, ſhe ſaw ſome naughty Boys, who had taken a Pidgeon, and tied a String to its Leg, in order to let it fly, and draw it back again when they pleaſed; and by this Means they tortured the poor Animal with the Hopes of Liberty and repeated Diſappointment. This Pidgeon ſhe alſo bought, and taught him how to ſpell and read, though not to talk, and he performed all thoſe extrodina-
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