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BooK or Mature: 
 
 Johnwv JoneS 
 
 -Spelling *y HIS mother 
 
 PuBUSHfl By TaulEide* AW Compaq 
 
 San Francisco - 
 
Copyright, 1903 
 by Paul Elder and Company 
 
 The Tomoye Press 
 San Francisco 
 
I TELL yCU WHAT'S A FUNNy TWNCj, 
 AND THAT'S A TCLLy-WOCf, 
 HE SHEDS HIS TAIL AfilD QWMS SdME. LEQS, 
 AhlJ> THEN HE IS A FRCHj. 
 
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OWLS ALWXyS LObK, SO JlTtyVIFIEP, 
 50 SOLEMN ANp SO WISE, 
 THEy ALWAys SIT SO STIFF ANP PRooj), 
 ANJ> HAVE SUCH $1$ fpuh/p CyES. 
 
 OWLS* 
 
THE 3UMBLE -BEE'S A BLUSTE^INC? FOOL, 
 HE'S CLl/AlSy ANJ> HE'S FAT, 
 BUT WHEN IT COAXES TO STLUQ1NQ FOLKS, 
 HE'S VEI^y <jOOj> AT THAT. 
 
 THE BVMBLE-BEE. 
 
A TURTLE, WHEN you TOUCH HIS SHELL, 
 WHICH FEELS JUST LIKE A STONE, 
 FULLS IN HIS HEkJ*N)>TfiiIL AN? LESS, 
 TILL you LET HIM ALONET . 
 
 ATWTLj: 
 
£ALi#v<*f8£R"~ ? 
 
 THE. CATERPILLAR? HANQS WMSELF, 
 TURN'S INTO A COCOON j 
 AND THEN BECOMES /\ BUTTERFLy, 
 AN J) FLIES A WAV qCIfC SOOW. 
 
 fflJJJJMlUU 
 
 X J ' *-J vi \j 
 
 THE CATERPILLAR. 
 
I LIKE A COW THAT'S GZNTLE. 
 ANJ> TIEJ) U/lT?f Q00J) STRONG "ROTL, 
 I'VE. /V£V£7? S£CN A Vs/It-P ONE-, 
 AMP M£V£7? WILL J HOPE. 
 
 A COVn/. 
 
A Fly CAM WALK MOST ANyW/CRE, 
 HE CrOES STRMCfHT UP THE. WALL, 
 ANP t^OSS THE CEILINq i/PSIJ>£ J>OVJN t 
 HE NEVEH FALLS AT ALL. 
 
 afly 
 
I'M V£Ry FONP OF LITTLE DOVES, 
 I LOV£ TO HEAR THEM Coo, 
 IT'S 5UCH A -PEACEFUL <IWP OF SOUN}, 
 ANJ> SORT Of WURNFUL TOO. 
 
 DOVES . 
 
PARROTS A1AKE AtJ AWFUL NOISE, 
 FOR TTfEAl I DO NOT CA7?£, 
 THEy OFTEN L.EKRN TO TAL< QUITE WELL, 
 AN? 50/vjE OF THEM CAN SWEAR- 
 
 ?ARR0T5 
 
you cannot HUKJ A ?CiRCUT>lNE, 
 SECAl/SE HIS SIDES ANJ> BACK., 
 ARE COVERED WITH SHARP TRICKiy THINGS, 
 AS "POINTED AS A TACK- 
 
 A rORCUPLNZ 
 
I FEEL SO SO^J{y ro^ ALL MOTHS, 
 THEV ARE SUCH SILUy THINGS, 
 THt\j JUST CAN'T KEEP AW/vy FRONj LIGHTS, 
 UNTIL THELy'VE BURNEJf THU% WrfVJQS. 
 
 AiorriS 
 
TO W4TCH A LITTLE BROVJN MOUSE EAT, 
 
 IS ONE OF Aty PELIQHTS, 
 HE HOLDS HIS F00J> IN HIS FRONT PAWS, 
 
 ANJ*TAKELS SUCH TINy BITES- 
 
 t-ITTLE 3J£0WA/ MOOSE . 
 
A LOBSTER HAS TWO (ftEAT B7<? HORNS, 
 AN1> TWO Biq CLAWS THAT PINCH, 
 SO WHEN IT CO/V\ES TO TAKING; HOCb, 
 I GfESS HE'S (j-OT A CINCH. 
 
 A LOBSTER 
 
THE PEACOCK IS A -PRETly BIRD, 
 HIS FEATHERS QLTNT 4*0> <jL EAK, 
 BUT HE HAS VEf^y UCfLy FEET, 
 AN]) My!- HOW HE CAN/ SCREAM* 
 
 THE PEACOCK 
 
IT ALWAyS /VAK^S A\E LAUOrH TO SEE 
 
 A LOT OF MONKEyS puvy, 
 
 WEy'RE ALV\/Ay.S l/P TO FUNNy THICKS; 
 
 A/V2> LI/(£: Boys, IN A w/Ay. 
 
 M0iv/K£ys > 
 
J LOVE THE TIME RW* BUTTERFLIES, 
 THEy A1?E SO q/\y ANJ> JZRiqHT, 
 THEy'RE mSTLy y£XL0W, BL\Ct( AM> J?EZ>, 
 BUT 50A1£TXA1£S THEy ARE WHITE. 
 
 ^ OTTERFLrt S 
 
AfOSQUITOES J>RIVZ Y°U ALMOST AtAJ), 
 THEy COME A1^0UNJ> AT A/IQHT, 
 AND WHEN you'RE NOT ASLEEP THEy ^U22, 
 A/v# V/WEA/ you ARE- -THEy "BITE.. 
 
 / MosqittTQE S. 
 
AW ELEPHANT T?EA!E/viBE£S you, 
 
 AND IF you PEED HIA1 HAy 
 
 H£S PLEASED, BUT IF yot/'/^E A]£AN TO KM, 
 
 HE'LL PAy you BAC{ SOME My- 
 
 AW ELEPHANT 
 
A JELLy-riSH IS JUST A PIECE, 
 OF PRETTy SQU ASH y STUFF, 
 IT SWIM5AN) EMS BUT CANA/or FEEL, 
 IT HASN'T SELNS£ EINOUCH. 
 
SPTDCJ^S ALW/tyS L00< TO A[E, 
 JUST Ul(E THCy W/KNT TO BlTE., 
 I HATE TO HAVE THEM C^\WLTA/<J KfMHb, 
 MOST 'SPECl/KLLy AT Nl^HT. 
 
 SPIDERS. 
 
A GOAT'S AN EASy THINq TO /(£E£ 
 HE DONT CARE WHAT HE EATS,, 
 HE CHEWS THE 7HPE7* OfT OF CAWS, 
 AND LOVES OL.]> T^GED SflEETS- 
 
 A QOAT- 
 
THE ANT 15 SUCH A 3USy THINq, 
 HE W07?KS /^OST ALL THL J>Ay, 
 A-HAULlNOi THINCfS FR*n PLACE TO ttAGE ; 
 M2 STOWINQ THEM AWAy. 
 
 THE ANT 
 
THE VIC, HAS NOTHING ELSE TO J)0, 
 
 BUT SLEEP ANJ) CrUuNT AND £AT y 
 
 HE A/EVE% HAS TO WASH HIMSELF, 
 
 HE IS NOT y£7?y A/CAT- 
 
 THE P/£ 
 
the: things i hate: the aiost or all 
 
 TO HME AROUNJ, ARE FLEAS, 
 THEy JUMP AND CRAWL ALL WEI? you, 
 ANJ) BITE you WHERE TH£y PLEASE 
 
 FL^S. 
 
A yELLtoW- JAC«£T ALW/W/S SEE/^S, 
 SO vETty CLEAN ANP TRIM, 
 HE'S K^i> o r QRACEFUL UtoKJNQ TOO, 
 BECAUSE WfS WAIST IS SLIA\- 
 
 A yg uow- JACK ET 
 
J LLKF TO WATCH A SWALLOW Fly, 
 
 he: mj?ts abound so fast, 
 
 you HWt>Ly see hiaj comjnq /vea^ ; 
 
 BEFORE: HE'S q-CTTEN past. 
 
 A SWALLOW. 
 
.BEETLES ARE SUCH "PO/ty B^QS, 
 
 THEV HflL< AROUNJ) SO SLOW/, 
 
 IT ALWAyS LOC/<S TO /^E AS IF 
 
 TtfEy ^oa/'t K^oW where to q-o. 
 
 BEETLES . 
 
A $0$ I L1H.E THE BEST OF ALL, 
 HE LJ/<£S TO ^OMP ANT> VLAy, 
 ANJ> ALWAyS WHEN you TALK TO HIN[ 
 
 HE knows just what ycu sAy. 
 
 A PO(f 
 
AN ANQLE-WO^M IS NOTHING WVCH, 
 HE'S SMOOTH, AND PlNt( 7 ANJ> SAIALL, 
 ANJ> HAS NO «EAJ> ? 0^ TAIL, O^ UE^S, 
 HE'S (jCOp RH^BAir- THAT^S ALL.- 
 
THE THINS THAT SLEEPS A fQNNy WAy, 
 IS JUST A COMMON JBAT, 
 HE HA/VQS HIMSELF By LtTTLE HOOKS, 
 THAT A$E JUST avape: FOT^ THAT. 
 
 A BAT 
 
YC 1,483*- 
 
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 LIBRARY 
 
 Due two weeks after date. 
 
 APR 17 1914 
 
 NOV 2 1 1973 
 lECTf CD I 73 -J 
 
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