se little lassie as you ?Youve idled and fretted an hour or more,And are not a bit nearer the end than before. You want to be out with the birds and the flowers,And cannot be busy for two little hours ?Why, flowers are growing, and hear the birds sing —Theres some kind of duty for every thing. 150… … And look at your writing ! One really might thinkA chicken had been at your bottle of inkAnd made little claw tracks. Ah, what would you doIf I were so naughty and careless with you ? Now, play I was Polly, and you shall teach meAnd see what a a;ood little eirl I shall be.Yes, you take the primer,…
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