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First Line: When hugh and bess saw mother come
Last Line: "is in bess -- please kiss."


When Hugh and Bess saw Mother come
Out of the kitchen they knew that some
Cakes had been hidden out of sight.
For their noses told them quite
A wonderful tale as they tiptoed in.
After a moment cheeks and chin
Were covered with a sticky paste,
And the children in their haste
Forgot the time, the rules, the place!
Then in a mirror, behold, -- a face!
They gasped and almost choked, for there
Stood Mother by the kitchen chair!
Sadly, she surveyed her Hugh.
"I didn't think it was in you!"
"It isn't all, for some of this
Is in Bess -- please kiss."





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