Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 584
R HOP-TOAD {Reprinted from St. Nicholas for November, 1897) HowDY, Mister Hop-Toad ! Glad to see you out!Bin a month o Sundays sence I seen youhereabout. Kind o bin a-layin in, from the frost and snow?Good to see you out agin, its bin so long ago !Plows like slicin cheese, and sod s loppin… … Oil, oil, oh! I grabs up my old hoe;But I sees you,And s I, Ooh-ooh!Howdy, Mister Hop-Toad! How-dee do. 362 BOOKS AND Make yoursef more comfobler—square round at your ease —Dont set saggin slanchwise, with your nose below your knees.Swell that fat old throat o yourn, and lemme see you…
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