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E A R L Y A D V E N T U R E S O F M IL T IA D E S P E T E R K IN P A U L .
No. I . — IN' W H IC H PRIDE, H AS A F A LL.
IT T L E Miitiades PeJerkin Paul Little Miitiades Peterkiit Paul
Clambered over the stile; at the roadside wall,
■ Often felt very wretched because fie was an al];
And it made him quite angry when people would siy, And went wandering down through the orchard bar
"That's a firn; lot of children of old Farmer Gray, Where the weeping willows and well-spring are.
Lflok at Benjamin Franklin and Jolm Hcniy Jack, The robins were twittering <ip in the tree.
Stout and witling ,is oxen— they never hatig back’, And the brook bubbled onward in frolicsome glee.
4 How many boys has he f ' Thru of them, in all. "O h o !” said Miitiades Petcrkin Paid,
That is, — counting Miitiades Petcrkin Paul.” "Y o u are laughing at me, sirs, because I am small."
