Talk:Spear and Fang (second hand)
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The original post says "from Gutenberg". As the story is not in the main Project Gutenberg site, I assume that means Project Gutenberg Australia - https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0607951h.html or https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0607951.txt. (I note they use ae instead of æ as in the original. -- Beardo (talk) 19:43, 27 May 2023 (UTC)