THE CRICKET
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“What do you mean by acting like this when I give you abirthday party? . . . All the children in the colony are asked to come andplay with you, and you make a monkey of yourself”THE CRICKET
BY
MARJORIE BENTON COOKE
ILLUSTRATED BY
J. SCOTT WILLIAMS
Garden City New York
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1919
Copyright, 1919, by
Doubleday, Page & Company
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translations into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian
Copyright, 1918, 1919, by
The International Magazine Company
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