. St. Nicholas [serial]. r\» tti r* eM-vnadierDaland 19U THE AGRICULTURAL FAIR 975 The live-stock, too; it was properly fat, But the breed was extremely rare;For the winning sheep was the size of a rat,The pig was a pygmy —small at that,And the yearling calf you could put in your hatAnd never know he was there. The principal prize for the Gardening trade Was a glittering Bag of Gold,For the smallest Pumplekin there displayed;And, of course, the deepest plans were laidBy all who owned a garden spade, That dazzling prize to hold. That you have anywhere ever seen Such Pumplekins, I
. St. Nicholas [serial]. r\» tti r* eM-vnadierDaland 19U THE AGRICULTURAL FAIR 975 The live-stock, too; it was properly fat, But the breed was extremely rare;For the winning sheep was the size of a rat,The pig was a pygmy —small at that,And the yearling calf you could put in your hatAnd never know he was there. The principal prize for the Gardening trade Was a glittering Bag of Gold,For the smallest Pumplekin there displayed;And, of course, the deepest plans were laidBy all who owned a garden spade, That dazzling prize to hold. That you have anywhere ever seen Such Pumplekins, I sizes ranging all betweenA bantams egg and a butter-bean—T would take nine hundred and seventeen To make a Pumplekin-pie !
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