Gordon, Katharine Parker, Mother · Boston : Samuel G. Simpkins · leaf 104
THE LITTLE FISHERMAN. One day a little playful boySaid, Dear mamma, I wish That I could go into the yard,And make believe catch fish.* His mother told him tliat he might,And gave him a pin-hook, And bade him go to a large tub,And think it was a brook. He took his little rod and line,Delighted w^ith… … THE NEW ?eKKPUBLIC LI3RAR ASTOR.LENOX AtH) TILD Ew rape *^ P A r / i ^ r-. >. THE LITTLE FISHERMAN. 103 ^ And now I 11 go down to the wharf,And there I 11 catch some trout, Said little John ; away he went,Nor stopped to look about. Soon on the wharf he found himself, And there he stood alone…
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