Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (4 page)

There they'll be, Mike Mulligan and Mary Anne . . . Mike in his rocking chair and Mary Anne beside him, warming up the meetings in the new town hall.

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
has delighted generations of children. Mike and his trusty steam shovel, Mary Anne, work hard digging out canals, new roads, and the deep basements for skyscrapers. But with progress come new machines, and soon the inseparable duo are out of work. The two have one last chance to save Mary Anne from the scrap heap. What happens next in the small town of Popperville is a testament to their friendship, and to old-fashioned hard work and ingenuity.

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Copyright © 1939 by Virginia Lee Demetrios
Copyright © renewed 1967 by Aristides Burton
Demetrios and Michael Burton Demetrios
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