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into a man and have a long beard, if you
had never seen an English boy before. It is
certainly a very clever thing to do, and takes
a long time; but English boys do do it by
persevering. No girl can do it—not even
an English girl; and this proves that boys
are superior to girls—but you always knew
that, didn’t you?

Then they sailed comfortably through the
gap in the mountains, and found themselves
in the midst of a vast valley where every-
thing was ice.

‘CMS, Msaice. the sbeaiy 7. vis) thew North
Pole itself, where all the penny ices come
from.”

Then the boys suddenly perceived a very
angry person, all white and with a very
sharp nose and claws, striding towards them.
“Look out! That’s Jack lrost,” whispered
the bear.

“Who are these strangers trespassing on
my land?” shouted Jack; “I'll Nip you!—
that is, unless you want to buy some penny
iceow

And he went to a grindstone, and began