Potter, Miriam Clark, 1886-1965, Balcom, Sophia T · New York : E.P. Dutton & Co. · leaf 239
me the waythe children treated her.Why, every toad andcricket and bumble beealong the road laughedwhen they saw hercoming! She would notgo. She looked up atthe sky. Gray and mistyit was, with white cloudsfloating in it. The petduck thought it wouldbe fun to sail along inthe sky, where it washigh… … And she spread her wings andflew. THE BARNYARD BUCK their way to the marshes. Something in her ducksheart told her: I can do that; I must go, toolAnd she spread her wings and flew. Yes, said the childrens father that night atsupper, sometimes a barnyard duck does that. Shehas gone to be wild again.…
Children's poetry, American
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