LEARNING TO COUNT.
Leave your dollies, my little Jennie, I'll teach you the numbers, one, two, andjthree, One —l have one little darling, One little girl, who can she be ? Two are my birdie's bright black eyes, Little stars that twinkle and shine; Three—yes, three years old is JennieThree years old this pet of mine. Four—that stands for four small fingers That hold my great one firm and tight; Five—the toes on this foot so busy, Kunning about from mornltill night. Six kind aunties love my darling; Seven sugar plums, white and red, Shall be hers, if she learns this lesson; Eight are the curls on her little head. Nine are her dolls—Kate, Polly, and Susan, Lucy and Effle, Grace, Charlie, and Ben, And pretty Louisa, that sweet litte dolly ! Of thumbs and fingers my darling has ten. One hundred the questions she asked each hour. One thousand the steps she takes each day; One million blessings I wish for dear Jennie— Her lesson is over, and she skips away. —American Cultivator.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1499, 7 August 1880, Page 27
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172LEARNING TO COUNT. Otago Witness, Issue 1499, 7 August 1880, Page 27
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