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A HELPER by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: DEAR ME!' WAILED ALL THE HOUSEHOLD
Last Line: "AND DET JUST THAT MUCH OVER."
Subject(s): BABIES; INFANTS;

"Dear me!" wailed all the household --
A Monday morning chorus --
"How can we ever finish
The work that lies before us?"

But midway in the wailing
Our groans to laughter shifted,
For Babe was in the corner,
His hands devoutly lifted.

"Why, Babe! This isn't bedtime!"
We cry when we discover.
"I fought I'd thay my pwayers
And det just that much over."



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