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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 168

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un within;Maybe he 11 tell you it is nt so badTo be a real little Eskimo lad. His stout wooden sled, all the long year round,Goes screakety-screak on the frozen ground.His toes may be cold and his fingers may freeze,But he never is bothered with A B Cs. When he goes home, he 11 astonish them there… … Just look, it is the market hour The People how they run and play !The crier tells them from the tower They all can have a holiday.The King, the clever King, has guessed What long to him a riddle s been:The dumplings — but you know the rest — How did they get the apples in ?He was too proud to ask…

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