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The Red Well-Read Reader
Story 157
Zilch
When the farmer is away
The cat will play
And filch 1 milk
From the farmer's milch cow
Leaving zilch
For baby in pilch 2 and Momma Sow
1. To steal 2. An infant’s protective garment worn over a diaper.
Story 158
Gilded
The church guild has willed not to rebuild, but to have the church
cracks filled, and to give the statues a lus•trous gild.
This will make the bishop thrill, for his till will remain filled to the gill !
Story 159
The Crooked Ilk
Gangsters, robbers, and others of this ilk are the ones who dream up
the schemes in which to bilk – such as, adding water to milk, or selling
cheap cloth that will pass as silk.
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