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UNCLE SIDNEY'S LOGIC by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: PA WUNST HE SCOLD' AN' SAYS TO ME
Last Line: "UD TRADE WITH HIM TO-DAY!"
Subject(s): CHILDREN; WISDOM; CHILDHOOD;
PA wunst he scold' an' says to me, --
"Don't @3play@1 so much, but try
To @3study@1 more, and nen you'll be
A great man, by an' by."
Nen Uncle Sidney says, "You let
Him @3be@1 a boy an' play. --
The greatest man on earth, I bet,
'Ud trade with him to-day!"



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