Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 83
air. Not long could door or windows standFast locked before the Brownie band;And soon the bicycles they soughtFrom every room and bench were broughtThe rogues ere long began to showAs many colors as the bow ; But whether red or green or blue,The work on hand was hurried through;They took the wheels… … For paint and varnish lately spreadBesmeared them all from foot to head.Some turned to jay-birds in a minute,And some as quick might shame the linnet;While more with crimson-tinted breastSeemed fitted for the robins nest. And let the rest through cunning find Some way of hanging on behind. And then…
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