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Limerick: There was an Old Man who said, 'Hush!

by Edward Lear

Edward Lear

There was an Old Man who said, 'Hush!
I perceive a young bird in this bush!'
When they said, 'Is it small?'
He replied, 'Not at all!
It is four times as big as the bush!'




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