Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 199
He met there a somewhat discouraged old cow,That had blown thither too, though she failed to see how;And he smiled and said, Make yourself easy, my friend—Only keep your mind quiet, and things 11 soon mend ! And he laughed He-he ! and he laughed Ho-ho !The wind is just playing, old cow, you know ! … As he scampered off home, what above should he seeBut the roof of a shed, that had lodged in a tree ;So he laughed and he laughed, till his sides they did ache,For he said, This is better nor wedding nor wake!And he roared Ho-ho ! and he roared He-he ! For he was as tickled as tickled could be.…
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