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May I ask you if you've noticed, May I ask you if you've seen. My minnow Minnie Who was swimmin' In you Ovaltine? For you've gone and drunk it up, dear, And she isn't in the cup, dear. And she's nowhere to be found, dear. Do you think that she has drowned, dear?
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Although I cannot see your face As you flip these poems awhile,
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Ickle me, pickle me, tickle me too never returned to the world they knew
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You can't crawl back in the dollhouse - You've gotten to o big to get in. You've got to live here Like the rest of us do. You've got to walk roads That are winding and new. But oh, I wish I could Crawl back with you Into the dollhouse again.
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mn khwshHlm khh khwdm hstm zyr shbyh tw nystm tw hm khwshHl bsh khh khwdt hsty chwn Sl shbyh mn nysty bry hmyn st khh my twnym b hm dwst bshym w chh khwb dwsty dwt adm mthl m
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William tell, William tell, Take your arrow, grip it well, There's the apple- - aim for the middle- - Oh well ... you just missed by a little.
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You should have heard the old men cry You should have heard the biddies When that sad stranger rasied his flute And piped away the kiddies. Katy, Tommy, Meg, and Bob Followed skipping gailey Red-haired Ruth, my brother Ron, And little crippled Bailey Jon and Nils and Cousin Claire Dancin', spinnin', turnin' 'Cross the hills to god knows where- They never came returnin'. 'Cross the hills to god know where The piper pranced a leadin'. Each c..
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Sick" "I cannot go to school today," Said little Peggy Ann McKay. "I have the measles and the mumps, A gash, a rash and purple bumps. My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, I'm going blind in my right eye. My tonsils are as big as rocks, I've counted sixteen chicken pox And there's one more--that's seventeen, And don't you think my face looks green? My leg is cut--my eyes are blue-- It might be instamatic flu. I cough and sneeze and gasp and ch..
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She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hid And so did she. They searched for blue their whole life through,
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I can be someone's and still be my own.
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And then one Thursday night they found him Dead- with his wishes piled around him, And they counted the lot and found that not A single one was missing. All shiny and new - here, take a few And think of Lester as you do. In a world of apples and kisses and shoes He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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I am too old and sad to play," said the boy. "I want a boat that will take me far away from here. Can you give me a boat?" "Cut down my trunk and make a boat," said the tree. "Then you can sail away... and be happy." And so the boy cut down her trunk and made a boat and sailed away.
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If you are a dreamer, come in
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Although I cannot see your face As you flip these poems awhile, Somewhere from some far-off place I hear you laughing--and I smile.
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Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black And the dark street winds and bends. Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow ,
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Followin' the trail on the old treasure map, I came to the spot that said "Dig right here." And four feet down my spade struck wood Just where the map said a chest would appear. But carved in the side were written these words: "A curse upon he who disturbs this gold." Signed, Morgan the Pirate, Scourge of the Seas. I read these words and my blood ran cold. So here I sit upon untold wealth Tryin' to figure which is worse:
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SMART My dad gave me one dollar bill 'Cause I'm his smartest son, And I swapped it for two shiny quarters 'Cause two is more than one! And then I took the quarters And traded them to Lou For three dimes - I guess he don't know That three is more than two! Just then, along came old blind Bates And just 'cause he can't see He gave me four nickels for my three dimes, And four is more than three! And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs Down at t..
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Hi," it said. "Hi," said the piece. "Are you anybody else's missing piece?" "Not that I know of." "Well, maybe you want to be your own piece?" "I can be someone's and still be my own."
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Eddie touched a troll
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twy ykhchl m yh khrs qTby zndgy myknh. ykhchlw dwst drh chwn srd w khnkh. rwy gwshth myshynh, w Swrtsh rw tw mhy frw mybrh. b`d pnjh bzrg pr mwshw, tw Zrf krh frw mykhnh. bh ss dstbrd myznh, w lfW w lf plwh rw mykhwrh. nwshbh rw tmwm mykhnh, w ykh h rw lys my znh. w gh dr ykhchlw bz knym, Grsh blndy myknh.
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There's a Polar BearHe likes it 'cause it's cold in there.
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