While up and down they walk;
With sidelong glance
Each tries her chance,
And charms him with "small talk".

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Another wonder now attracts
The simple Sarah Jane;
Upon one knee
She drops with glee,
In case this box contain

Some pretty thing to give her joy,
Some new-discovered treat!
Old Peg', who planned
The fun in hand,
Watches with face discreet.

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The lock unlatched, the lid springs up,
Knocks Sarah on her back,
With flying hair
And trying stare,
Out of the box springs "Jack".

Our naughty Peg' enjoys the scene,
Laughs lung with fiendish glee;
Next takes to flight,