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Aesop's Fables: The Milkmaid and Her Pail
by Aesop The Stag in the Ox-StallThe Dolphins, the Whales, and the SpratThe Milkmaid and Her Pail A farmer's daughter had been out to milk the cows, and was returning to the dairy carrying…<i>Survivor II</i> Predictions
Who did you think would win the million dollars? by Gerry Brown These Predictions Were Made in the Spring of 2001. Tennessee mom Tina Wesson is one of three players remaining on Survivor: The…Fly Away Home
Director: Carroll Ballard Writers: Robert Rodat and Vince McKewin Director of Photography: Caleb Deschanel Editor: Nicholas C. Smith Music: Mark Isham Production Designer…mantid
(Encyclopedia) mantid or mantis, name applied to the large, slender, slow-moving, winged insects of the family Mantidae in the order Mantodea. Predatory insects, mantids have strong, elongate, spiny…kiwi
(Encyclopedia) kiwikiwikēˈwē [key] or apteryxapteryxăpˈtərĭks [key], common name for the smallest member of an order of primitive flightless birds related to the ostrich, the emu, and the cassowary.…firefly
(Encyclopedia) firefly or lightning bug, small, luminescent, carnivorous beetle of the family Lampyridae. Fireflies are well represented in temperate regions, although the majority of species are…botfly
(Encyclopedia) botfly, common name for several families of hairy flies whose larvae live as parasites within the bodies of mammals. The horse botfly secretes an irritating substance that is used to…Albatross Flies Off Course to New Jersey
by David Johnson Related Links Encyclopedia: AlbatrossDictionary: AlbatrossSpeed of AnimalsTo the delight of bird watchers and the surprise of biologists, a yellow-nosed albatross, one of…Brewer's: Hats and Caps
Two political factions of Sweden in the eighteenth century, the former favourable to France, and the latter to Russia. Carlyle says the latter were called caps, meaning night-caps, because…Brewer's: Lee Shore
is the shore under the lee of a ship, or that towards which the wind blows. (See Lee.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lee-sideLee Hatch A B C D E F G…Trending
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