Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 601
If you 11 come out on our backYou 11 see the reason why Our winters are so very cold,Our summers hot and dry. They call it a ther-mom-e-terIt s on a nail, up high. porch, There are words and numbers on it,But I cant read all they say. And a little silver fingerTo show just what kind of day; And… … , But if it stops at ten or twelve,T will freeze, as like as not. Sometimes the little finger Half-way up will stop and cling; And then the weather s lovely,And the birds begin to sing; And Mother puts my straw hat on,And says that it is spring. Now, if I take my hatchet, and Just give a little…
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