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PARENTAL CHRISTMAS PRESENTS by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: PARUNTS DON'T GIT TOYS AN' THINGS
Last Line: SHE KNOW HE EVER SAW!
Subject(s): GIFTS & GIVING; PARENTS; TOYS; PARENTHOOD;

PARUNTS don't git toys @3an'@1 things,
Like you'd think they @3ruther@1. --
Mighty funny Chris'mus-gif's
Parunts gives each other! --
Pa give Ma a barrel o' flour,
An' Ma she give to Pa
The nicest dinin'-table
She know he ever saw!



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