Sunset ryhmes; or, A few little rhymes I have told a few times to a child I know, when the sun was low .. . E(_tA^7ni«. J^oi-eftrs, 68 HOW DOES SHE KNOW r My papas the funniest, funniest Man ;Whatexer I do, or whatever I Plan,He learns somehow ; but I never ean TellHow he knows everythin^j;; so awfullv Well. My mamma, too, is as funnv as He;For, whatever I do. or wherever I Be,Im sure she knows all about it, for WhenI go where she is, she savs to me Then,—• What have you been doing ; Now tell me True,For, if you do not, I shall punish You. 69 Sometimes, when I go to wash off my Hands,I leave h
Sunset ryhmes; or, A few little rhymes I have told a few times to a child I know, when the sun was low .. . E(_tA^7ni«. J^oi-eftrs, 68 HOW DOES SHE KNOW r My papas the funniest, funniest Man ;Whatexer I do, or whatever I Plan,He learns somehow ; but I never ean TellHow he knows everythin^j;; so awfullv Well. My mamma, too, is as funnv as He;For, whatever I do. or wherever I Be,Im sure she knows all about it, for WhenI go where she is, she savs to me Then,—• What have you been doing ; Now tell me True,For, if you do not, I shall punish You. 69 Sometimes, when I go to wash off my Hands,I leave her alone in the room where she StandsAt work on her plants or her clothes or Things;And I hear the bird in the cage, that Sings,. 70 But Im just as still as the stillest Mouse,—Im the stillest thing in the whole big House; And I think to myself Ill play just a Bit With the soap and water, and I wont slop It,When, all of a sudden, she says to Me,—Come, little girl, hurry up, for you SeeIf you play in the water, youll spoil your Clothes,And where youll get more only goodness Knows. Now, how does she know the things that IDo, When I play in the water and muss my elothesToo^ 71 TAKING TEA. My papa is homeUp here in our fiat; He says it is play-time,And the reason is, that Mister Lincoln was bornOn this very day,In a wee little house On a winters morn.
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