Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 546
Where trees was a-growin round,With their tops a-pointin up to the skyMaybe several feet, maybe not so high, An their roots stuck into the ground. An in one of them trees is a little hole, It might be as big as a pea;An the soldier puts his finger inside.An he stretches it out till it s two foot… … AFRICAN BAND, I could nt see no way out o that mess, Not one way out could I see;But that peaceful soldier of dusky ue,Though there were nt much else he was fit to do, Knowed the country better n me, IT S A INJIA-RUBBER TREE! An in we climbs, an the tree snaps shut, An the heathens they rage an…
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