Sunday, January 15, 2023

When the Farmer's Daughter was Late for School - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

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When the Farmer’s Daughter was Late for School

 

She was a petite and delicate child

And studious, her work among the best

Beloved of her classmates for her demeanor mild

And all of us who knew her felt ourselves blessed

 

One day she was late, which had never happened before

There was ‘flu going ‘round – had she caught a chill?

Breathlessly she appeared at the classroom door

I was worried, and asked if she were ill

 

She smiled most sweetly, and shook her curly head:

“We been busy castratin’ hawgs,” she said

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