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        Story 68

                                   Farming                            {~::,,·.;~-
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               If you have a strong arm,


               A gun to protect yourself from harm                                                   •< .J
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               And if work causes you no alarm

               Then life on a farm is but a charm.




        Story 69

                              A True Yarn


        The Scots call a mountain lake a tarn. They call a stone landmark a cairn.
        Although peculiar, the Scots call both an animal house and a youngster a barn. Be

        that as it may, the sheep in their barn provide the best darn yarn that any tailor

        should ever hope to darn.




        Story 70

                                                The Jew's Harp

                       Although  Jose´  enjoyed  playing  his  Jew's  harp,  he


                       downright hated the upright harp.



                       Consequently his mother would harp (he called it carp):

                       "Play your harp, play your harp . . . !"




                       But  Jose´  preferred  to  fish  for  carp.  So  he  did  so

                       while thumbing tunes in A-sharp upon his oral harp.






                                                                                                     Jew’s Harp



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