Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 330
woes.I 11 stroke your old paws and I 11 tickle your nose.He s looking quite cross, and he always has beenThe best-natured crocodile ever was seen. Perhaps it is temper, perhaps it is pride,Perhaps it s a pain in his little inside.Never mind, Jim, I know that one always is sad—Why, every one is —… … Or, perhaps, by mistake you have swallowed a stoneInstead of a toad; that s provoking, I own.Or perhaps you re in love — but you re gouty and fat,And I m sure that you cant be as foolish as that. What is it, my darling? I wish youd explain.Has the old alligator been teasing again ?I know that his…
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