Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 547
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 shout;But there we re as safe as a bug in a ru^An just as contented, an just as snug,With a little hole to look out. An so I… … When granmama puts on the kettle, And fills it and stirs up the fire,And reads while the water is heating, And I m in my rocking-chair by her,I rock and I look and I listen, Till right in the kettle I hearThe littlest, funniest singing, And know that the Steam Man is near. And then I say, Granma,…
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