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Lullaby-land : songs of childhood (1898)

Field, Eugene, 1850-1895, Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932, Robinson, Charles, 1870-1937 · London : J. Lane ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 231

An illustration from Lullaby-land : songs of childhood, 1898, leaf 231 — mpous clucks,For she had little babies ten, A part of which were tiny ducks. Tis very rare that hens,^ said she, Have baby ducks as well as chicks—But I possess, as you can see, Of chickens four and ducklings six !227 CONTENTMENT A season later, this old hen Appeared, still cackling of her… … The following spring the old red henClucked just as proudly as of yore— But lo ! her babes were ducklings ten,Instead of chickens as before ! Tis better, said the old red hen.As she surveyed her waddling brood ; A little water now and then AVill surely do my darlings good ! 228 CONTENT x\I E N T…

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