Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 508
o better bymyself! RUTH AND THE JINGLEJAYS 331 Oh, do you? Then we need nt stay, saidthe insulted Jinglejay. I mean—I thought I could—but see, I cantget rhymes that will agree. Oh, do please helpme if you can ! Shall we? As one they all began. They tugged and If I should send you jewels bright, Or… … twisted words about with many a laugh and manya shout; they set them down in neat array, lineupon line, each Jinglejay doing his part, until,at last, the rhymes were all with ink made fast.And then, like blackbirds in a cage, they stoodin line across the page while Ruth read out toher delight a…
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