I shall be very proud and great,

And tell the other girls and boys

Not to meddle with my toys.

XIII

A GOOD PLAY

We built a ship upon the stairs

We

All made of the back-bedroom chairs

And filled it full of sofa pillows

To go a-sailing on the billows.

10

10

We took a saw and several nails,

And water in the nursery pails;

And Tom said, “Let us also take

An apple and a slice of cake”;—

Which was enough for Tom and me

To go a-sailing on, till tea.

We sailed along for days and days,

And had the very best of plays;

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