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1866–1951

BORROWING

Gelett Burgess

Whose doll is that on the table? Whose book is that on the chair? The knife and the pencils and other utensils, Now how do they come to be there?

Did n't you say they were borrowed? You'd better take back just a few! If you lent your playthings, I think you would say things If no one returned them to you!

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