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THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PENNY,
AND COULDN'T BORROW ANY,
AND THEY OWED EXACTLY HALF A DIME FOR COAL;
SO THEY SAID, "WE'LL RUN AWAY,"--
WHEN A GOOSE CAME OUT TO SAY:
"YOU MUST PAY TWO CENTS APIECE ALL 'ROUND FOR TOLL!"

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A Raging, Roaring Lion, of a Lamb-devouring kind,
Reformed and led a sweet, submissive life.
For with face all steeped in smiles
He propelled a Lamb for miles,
And he wed a woolly Spinster for a wife.

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There was an old Cat named Macduff
Who could joke till you cried, "Hold, enough!"
His Wife and his Child so persistently smiled
That their cheeks got a permanent puff.

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"OH, dear Papa!" three children cried.
"You promised don't you know?
That next when you should take a ride
All three of us should go."
"I DID," that father said. "You know
I never speak at random.
So get your roller-skates. We'll go
Off in a tearing tandem!"

[Illustration: Study of Hedgehog Stealing Apple.]

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A Lion emerged from his lair
For a short summer cut to his hair.
But the Barber he wept;
While his customers slept
As they waited their turn in the chair.

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When the Barber at last shut his shop,
From the clouds a Bald Eagle did drop,
To purchase a lotion,
A brush, or some "notion"
To make the hair grow on his top.

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The Spring Curtain. A drama in five acts.

1. Which?

2. The Choice.

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3. The Rivals.

4. "Ha, the Spring Curtain!"

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5. Revenge.

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"'T is a perfect picnic day!" the little dog did say,
As he found his friends all ready for the train,
"Still, I thought 't would ease your mind
Not to leave this thing behind,--
For you know a bonnet suffers so from rain."

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A Tam o' Shanter Dog
And a plaintive piping Frog,
With a Cat whose one extravagance was clothes,
Went to see a Bounding Bug
Dance a jig upon a rug,
While a Beetle balanced bottles on his nose.

[Illustration: The Donkey and his Company.]

A desultory Dog once met a discontented D