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EXTREMES by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

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First Line: A LITTLE BOY ONCE PLAYED SO LOUD
Last Line: "SHE'S THE STILLEST CHILD I EVER HEARD."
Subject(s): BOYS; GIRLS;
I

A little boy once played so loud
That the Thunder, up in a thunder-cloud,
Said, "Since @3I@1 can't be heard, why, then
I'll never, never thunder again!"

II

And a little girl once kept so still
That she heard a fly on the window-sill
Whisper and say to a ladybird, --
"She's the stillest child I ever heard."



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