Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 858
called a pie. There was one, and only one,Deeply filled and brownly done,Warm from standing in the sun,Flanked on each side by a bun.Since that summer day begun. From the window it was brought,With our pennies it was bought;Then a knife was quickly sought—Who would cut it as he ought ? Leave it… … But, says Frank, who feared our fate,Will you cut it fair and straight?Straight? says Ted. Ill tell you what-Straighter than a rifle-shot:Straighter than the eagles flight,Straight as any ray of light. I will mark the place, says Jim—Great exactness was his whim— Then he cut from C to D ! ! Then he…
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