basket and pail on the bottom of the boat, just behind Alfred, whowas to row this time. The wind blew cpiite hard, and Alfred had to pull with all hismight. Not being a skilful rower, his oars slipped, and over hewent backwards, upsetting basket and pail ! Broken eggs and blue-berries got sadly… … fc™ fl ONLY WITH ME. Under the boughs of the tupelo tree She sat alone, on a mossy stone,And sang: Wholl come and play with me ?I have read and said my ABC, And fed the biddy, and sleepied Fiddie,And Im just as lonesome as I can be! Up the bark of the tupelo tree There crawled, aslant, a big black…
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