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The Red Well-Read Reader

Be Proud Story 276

Your honor should not have a cloud

When wrapped in a burial shroud

Now is the time to stand out from the crowd

Now is the time to make your parents proud

And now is the time to make angels sing aloud

Story 277

A Thorough Trouncing

On the rat the cat pounced

She shook the ro•dent with a flounce

Up . . . down – it did bounce

It was a tough and thorough trounce

Soon its strength ebbed to the last ounce

As "Chow" the cat was heard announce

Story 278

A Gold Pound

Walking with her hound on the beach of the Sound, a young girl found a gold

pound in a sand mound.

She asked herself: "Was there a hidden reef around on which a ship had run

a•ground? To whom would this wealth re•dound ? Would talking about it be
un•sound ?"

Her mind was con•founded, her con•science, hounded. So de•ci•ding to make the

state as dum•founded as she was as•tounded, she told how it lay in•grounded.

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