andmother knows most everything, —All that I ask her she can tell;Rivers and towns in geography, And the hardest words she can always spell.But the wisest ones, sometimes they say.Mistake, and even grandmother may! 6 If Santa Claus never had been a boyHow would he always know so wellWhat all the… … A CHRISTMAS PROBLEM. Why does he take the skates andsleds,The bats and balls, and arrowsand bows,And trumpets, and drums, and guns— hurrah!To all the boys, — does grand-mother know? But there is a thing that puzzlesme,—When Santa Claus was a boy atPlay,And hung a stocking on Christmaseve,Who could…
Children's poetry · Picture books for children
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