Three little cooks / by Lucy Crump ; with illustrations by Gertrude M. Bradley.

  • Crump, Lucy Hill.
Date:
1905
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Credit: Three little cooks / by Lucy Crump ; with illustrations by Gertrude M. Bradley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    had come and gone since the last cooking, and now autumn was back once more, with its glowing colours and wind-scattered leaves. The leaves indeed came pattering down so fast, crimson and gold from the Virginia creeper; and Ophelia sat still and thoughtful for such a hitherto unknown length of time, that she was sprinkled all over with them before she sprang up from the sandheap. Her fingers were quite clean, and her mouth quite the contrary. “Oh, how I wish, I wish, I wish ! ” she cried. “ Thomas, there’s Lucinda. I am going to tell her.” “ Tell her what, Ophelia ? About making Stromboli and an eruption. She knows I had some matches, so she won’t mind.” “No, no, about a cooking-stove. I shall burst if I don’t have one, and Lucinda always knows how. Lucinda ! Lucinda ! ” Ophelia swung Heidi into her arms by her frock and dashed off to Lucinda, Who was Lucinda, and how old was she, and what did she look like ?