The hole book . A watermelon, large and fine,Was in the kitchen shed; The bullet drilled a hole through itAs on its way it sped. Who plugged dat melon? mammy through the door she came. * Id spank de chile dat done dat trick,Ef I could learn his A vender of balloons, a chap In Russia born and bred,Came ambling through the dusty street, His wares above his head. t ** Balloons I Balloons! Who vants to buy? He shrilly cried. ** I say—Just then his enterprise collapsed— The shot had come that way.

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