Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 680
l, if you please,There were three bumblebees,Four crickets, a dormouse, a water-wagtail; THE FIREFLY COMPETITION And then the Skiddoodles called forth their at-tention, And of these (at the top of their lungs) theymade mention! Indeed, everywhere,Wild yells rent the air, As somebody won some great… … SIR HORACE HOPTOAD AND HIRAM HOPPERGRASSHAVE A JUMPING CONTEST. Two squirrels, three beetles, a frog, and a snail!Sir Horace made safely this wonderful jump, But Hiram fell, bump! Ker-thumpetty-thump!
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