Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 30
little girls !— I like her sunny curls; I like her eyes and hair, Her funny little stare,— Her way of jumping quick Wheneer she hears me click. She s loving and she s neat, She s spry and true and sweet; And though I caper free, She never steps on me. Ke-nick ! Kee-nick ! Ker tick ! a tick ! And… … Next night the house with pleasure rang, For Polly girl had come ;The cricket on the hearth-stone sang,— And home once more was home. 14 PLAYTHINGS. [November, PLAYTHINGS. By Olive Thorne.
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