Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 354
I ve something very strange to tellAbout what happened once To Dick, who would nt learn to spell,But chose to be a dunce. One winter eve, when he to bedWithout his tea was sent, He had a frightful dream, he said,When off to sleep he went. … His open book, thrown down in rage, Upon the carpet lay —When all the letters on the page Rose up and ran away. They ranged his bedroom far and wide, And gathered in a throng;And every letter by its side A small one led along. There was straddling A and bouncing B,And curved C following after;…
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