Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 412
Jf And then they d sigh with envy, and say, Oh, pray explain■Iti^P^H- What makes your crops so large and fine in spite of sun orZy ** rain? The kind old farmer chuckled, and shook his grizzled head. I 11 tell you what s the reason, if you want to know, he said. It s only that I m kind to them, and… … And all my long-neckedsquashes I buy collarsfor, and ties; My strawberries I cheerfullyprovide with folding-beds, And my cabbages and lettucemust have hats that fittheir heads. Again the farmer chuckled, as he said, And as, you see, I do my very best for them, they do their -51 ^ best for LULLABY.…
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