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                                                                        Story 308

Trains chug      Some “Ugs”
Boats tug
Shoulders shrug                   Porters lug
Robbers mug                       Doctors drug
Fighters slug                     Jailors jug
And bears hug                     Odors fug
                                  Mosquitoes bug
                                  Corks plug &
                                  Guns plug . . . too!

                                                                        Story 309

                 Is It Love

They fell in love. She kissed him and called him her “turtledove.”

By and by, she convinced him that marriage would fit him like a glove.

But before he could ponder the consequences thereof, she gave him a shove to
vow to the Lord above.

This is truly the happiest!  Oh, nobody told me before yet!
     day of your life!

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