Phœbe and the fire that boiled the teakettle were equally bright, cheerful, and efficient, in their respective offices.
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Phœbe and the fire that boiled the teakettle were equally bright, cheerful, and efficient, in their respective offices.
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“Such a cunning teakettle and saucepan, and a tete-a-tete set, and lots of good things to eat. Do have toast for tea, Polly, and let me make it with the new toasting fork; it's such fun to play cook.”
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Or when you leave the house and remember half an hour later that you left a teakettle going on the stove.
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The Carolina wrens love it too, and they were teakettling away around me.
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