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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 28

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ly one year old —Last spring they built it new; But snow and rain all winter long Had drenched it through and through. Upon my word, my dear, I thinkThat we can make it do ! Humph! said the wife (at least she looked As if that were the word) — I think you must have lost your head, Dear Mr. Chipping… … And winds had rocked it back and forth, And torn it on one side;T was but a shabby little house It can not be denied. Still, if t were patched, as birds know how, It might do one more year;And Mr. Chipping Bird, I think, Believed that this was clear. Eying it round, and round, and round, He hopped…

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