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Tops and bottoms

by Lesley Conger · 1970

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Retells how the industrious farmer outwitted the lazy goblin.

Genre
folklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 40 pages

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