Secrets of the GnomesAn account of the life and work of gnomes, based on first-hand observations by the author and artist, who, themselves turned into gnomes, visited with gnomes in Lapland and Siberia. |
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Page 64
... wind had become a strong west wind . Nicolas rubbed his hands together as he looked at the sky and mumbled , " We can soon travel faster ! " " Do you mean by bird ? " " Just wait patiently ! " he said mysteriously . By morning the moose ...
... wind had become a strong west wind . Nicolas rubbed his hands together as he looked at the sky and mumbled , " We can soon travel faster ! " " Do you mean by bird ? " " Just wait patiently ! " he said mysteriously . By morning the moose ...
Page 66
... wind . Below us the forest passed by quickly while the balloon continued to rise . It was proba- bly terribly cold outside but it didn't worry us . After a while we didn't notice the wind either , because we were traveling just as fast ...
... wind . Below us the forest passed by quickly while the balloon continued to rise . It was proba- bly terribly cold outside but it didn't worry us . After a while we didn't notice the wind either , because we were traveling just as fast ...
Page 66
... wind blew the balloon above us obliquely eastward and before long we were swinging calmly in a moderate breeze about eight hundred feet above the endless waves of forest landscape . We did one hundred twenty - five miles at the begin ...
... wind blew the balloon above us obliquely eastward and before long we were swinging calmly in a moderate breeze about eight hundred feet above the endless waves of forest landscape . We did one hundred twenty - five miles at the begin ...
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