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FOR CHILDREN
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To make



her

Uncle Jacob start.

She was not really bad at heart,
But only rather rude and wild:
She was an aggravating child....

It happened that a Marble Bust
Of Abraham was standing just
Above the Door this little Lamb
Had carefully prepared to Slam,

And Down it came! It knocked her flat!