Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 460
But the wind was strong as wind could be, And blew their ladder right out to sea ! Soon the three wise women were all afloat In a leaky ladder, instead of a boat ! And every time the waves rolled in. Of course the poor things were wet to the skin. 0CA … Then they took their basket, the water to bail; They put up their fan, to make a sail; But what became of the wise women then.— Whether they ever got home again, Whether they saw any bears or no,— You must find out, for / dont know. 434 ALWAYS BEHINDHAND. [April,
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