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In Fervent Praise Of Picnics

by James Whitcomb Riley

James Whitcomb Riley

Picnics is fun 'at's purty hard to beat.
I purt'-nigh ruther go to them than _eat_.
I purt'-nigh ruther go to them than go
With our Char_lot_ty to the Trick-Dog Show.




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