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There was once a little boy whose name was Lars, and because he was so little, he was called

Little Lassie. He was a brave little man, for he sailed around the world in a pea shell boat.

It was summertime when the pea shells grew long and green in the garden.

Little Lassie crept into the pea bed where the pea stalks rose high above his cap.

And he picked 17 large shells the longest and straightest he could find.

Little Lassie thought, perhaps, that no one saw him, then the gardener came and he heard

something rustling in the pea bed. I think that must be a sparrow, the gardener said,

but no sparrow's flew out. For Little Lassie had no wings, only two small legs.

Wait, I will load my gun and shoot the sparrow's said the gardener.

Then Little Lassie was frightened and crept out to the path.

Forgive me, dear gardener, he said, I wanted to get some fine boats.

Well, I will this time, said the gardener, but another time Little Lassie must ask to go and

look for boats in the pea bed. I will answer Lassie, and he went off to the shore.

He opened the shells with a pin, split them carefully and too, and broke small little bits of

sticks for the rower seats. Then he took the peas, which were right in the shells, and put them

in the boats for cargo. Some of the shells got broken, some remained whole, and when all were ready,

Lassie had 12 boats. He had three liners, three frigates, three breaks, and three schooners.

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