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    The World Turned Upside Down
    The World Turned Upside Down
    The World Turned Upside Down
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    The World Turned Upside Down

    By E. C. Clayton

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    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      The World Turned Upside Down - E. C. Clayton

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      Title: The World Turned Upside Down

      Author: E. C. Clayton

      Release Date: September 13, 2011 [EBook #37414]

      Language: English

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      THE WORLD TURNED

      UPSIDE DOWN.

      BY E. C. CLAYTON.

      London:

      DEAN & SON, 160a, FLEET STREET, E.C.,

      PUBLISHERS AND CHRISTMAS CARD MANUFACTURERS.

      The Foolish Coat.

      The Coat was in a downright rage.

      To be beaten, and caned, and cuffed, and shaken, two or three times a-day, cried he, whisking his tails about like an angry lion, I say it's a shame.

      If you were not well thrashed, said the Cane, "you'd soon get thick with dust, and then I'd like to know how you'd look."

      "So I say," remarked the Hat.

      It's all very well for you to talk, Mr. Cane, said the Coat, still more in a rage. Nobody ever hits you, and if they did, you could hit back. And as for you, Mr. Hat, nobody ever thinks of punching you, except in fun. You have a nice soft brush all to yourself.

      Well, are you not brushed as well? asked the Hat.

      I don't mind being brushed, said the Coat, but the next time Mr. Valet comes along, and hits me, I'll—I'll— then he growled something to himself, whisked his tails, and added, "See if I don't."

      In came the Valet, and bustled about. The

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