A GIRL WITH A B RIGHT IDEA.
i. Her hair was always flying about In a way that was quite distressing ; So to keep it in place and away from her face, She gave it a mucilage dressing. 11. 'Twas a bright idea, and the little girl laughed, Then suddenly stopper), and said, In a tone of surprise, " Why, I can't shut my eyes, And something seems wrong with my head." ill. Ever since then this dear little girl Has been a fit object for pity, With her wide-open eyes, her look of surprise, And the funniest hair in the city. IV. It bristles in such a ridiculous way That she can't tie her hat, nor yet pin it ; For parched in Ihe air on the ends of her hair, It won't stay in place for a minute, v. And if she goes out on the street for a walk, The people she meets stop and stare. 11 Just look at her eyes ! ' each one of them cries, And, " What very remarkable hair 1" VI. She declares she would rather not have any hair, Though, she knows even then she'd look qneer ; But she'd rather be bald than always be called The girl with the bright idea. Kirk Munroe.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XX, Issue 1415, 24 December 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)
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