A POSER.
I know a boy who don't believe, in fairies, ' 'cause he said .- , . Ho nover saw one anywhere'except in books he'd read; ' ' And then I ast him if the coast of Afnkee ' : , Except when he v,'as studyin' his book on i'.'.- joggraphy? '■ '' I-ast him if he'd ever; seen old JSreenland's icy cap l . - . V • ■ ; Except when he was .lookin' for the North Pole 011 the map? \ I ast him if he'd ever, seen great Gen'ral Washington Except'in books that told him what G. W. ' had,done?: And when I got through- asking him more V questions similar ' ■He said he,; "thought 'twas goin' to rain,"and ranvhoitic to his Mar. ■ , —John Kendrick Bangs, m " The Housc- . '.keeper."- ■ ' ■ ;:
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 186, 1 May 1908, Page 3
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116A POSER. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 186, 1 May 1908, Page 3
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