Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 88
That bone, that bone ? By the garden-gate.And when it is late, I 11 eat it alone, alone, alone ! Dear Birdie pe-weet, With voice so sweet,Where did you learnYour song, your song ? Out in the green wood, And if you are good, I 11 take you along, along, along ! You dear little Mouse,Where is your… … Turn the small hands palm side up, Lock the fingers stiff as storks ;And, now, what shall we call them, pet? Why, these are mammas knives and forks! Now turn them over, keep them tight,And drop the wrists, my little Mabel; Ah, now we have a surface flat, Which surely must be papas table!
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