Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 350
the tree; and, as Teddy camenear. Con. heard him repeating to himself thesedoleful rhymes: Why did you leave your serving, Teddy Mann ?Good luck you re not deserving, Teddy Mann !You thouglit you were a poet,That a shepherds life would show it.And all the world would know it, Teddy iVIann, Teddy… … Good morning, Teddy, said Con. Iswhat I heard you singing the kind of song ahappy shepherd sings ? The startled Teddy looked sharply around,and when he saw the bird sitting on the rockhe dropped upon his knees and cried out: Oh, good Mr. Wizard-bird, please take meout of this before I am gone daft…
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