Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 563
At the principal town of the Be-Ba-Boes,In the heart of an oblong square, Was a tower so high That it scraped the sky,And the Weather Man—he lived there.With a chart and a map and an average-sheet,He would figure the whole day long; And he d work with a will At his forecast, tillHe was sure he had… … 430 THE WEATHER MAN 421 Though his forecasts were of the usual kind,I am bound by the truth to say:He could tell to a dot,Just as easy as not,What the weather was yesterday.So the Be-Ba-Boes let it go at that,For they said: When you come to compare,Though a National Pest,He s as good as the restOf…
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