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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 91

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ing to and fro,Come from the mill if signs were fineAnd drop a while his work, and line,Were quick to take the millers standAnd bring some handsome fish to land. Where we both work and sport uniteWe play our Brownies part aright. The story goes, next morning foundA full supply of bushels ground;And… … They little cared what took the baitAs long as it had life and weight.Said one: A touch of sport you 11 findWell rooted in a Brownies mind,A pleasure-seeking trait that willAssert itself through trials still.And that is well; why should one toilNor lift his eyes above the soil? Then cookies rolled…

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