A Child-World by James Whitcomb Riley
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Dran'ma--an' I'm Red Riding Hood and I'm
Ist come to _see_ you." An' nen old Wolf nen He cough an' say: "Well, come in nen an' make You'se'f at home," he says, "'cause I'm down sick In bed, an' got the 'ralgia, so's I can't Dit up an' let ye in." An' so she think It's her Dran'ma a-talkin'.--So she ist Open' the door an' come in, an' set down Her basket, an' taked off her things, an' bringed A chair an' clumbed up on the bed, wite by The old big Wolf she thinks is her Dran'ma.-- Only she thinks the old Wolf's dot whole lots More bigger ears, an' lots more whiskers, too, Than her Dran'ma; an' so Red Riding Hood She's kindo' skeered a little. So she says "Oh, Dran'ma, what _big eyes_ you dot!" An' nen The old Wolf says: "They're ist big thataway 'Cause I'm so dlad to see you!" Nen she says,-- "Oh, Dran'ma, what a drate big nose you dot!" Nen th' old Wolf says: "It's ist big thataway Ist 'cause I smell the dood things 'at you bringed Me in the basket!" An' nen Riding Hood |
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