Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 727
&j Fra^ej^-^nJadl Our Baby sat upon his mothers knee, And looked his Book of Animals all through, Hailing each picture with a keen delight,And naming every animal he knew. But Babys names were very strange and queer;I fear that naturalists, though wise and grave, … In searching through their books would fail tofindThat wondrous list of names the Baby gave. For instance, first he named the bold Gee-gee ;Next came a Hee-haw; then a small Bow-wow ;The Quack-quacks white in waddling flockswere seen,While Cluck-cluck was pursued by a Meow ! Beside a Grunt-grunt…
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