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    One Martian Afternoon
    One Martian Afternoon
    One Martian Afternoon
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    One Martian Afternoon

    By Tom Leahy

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
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      One Martian Afternoon - Tom Leahy

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      Title: One Martian Afternoon

      Author: Tom Leahy

      Illustrator: Brush

      Release Date: September 13, 2009 [EBook #29975]

      Language: English

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      She was sweet, gentle, kind—a sort of

      Martian Old Mother Hubbard. But

      when she went to her cupboard ...

      ONE

      MARTIAN

      AFTERNOON

      By Tom Leahy

      Illustrated by BRUSH

      The clod burst in a cloud of red sand and the little Martian sand dog ducked quickly into his burrow. Marilou threw another at the aperture in the ground and then ran over and with the inside of her foot she scraped sand into it until it was filled to the surface. She started to leave, but stopped.

      The little fellow might choke to death, she thought, it wasn't his fault she had to live on Mars. Satisfied that the future of something was dependent on her whim, she dug the sand from the hole. His little yellow eyes peered out at her.

      Go on an' live, she said magnanimously.

      She got up

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