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LEAP YEAR by ANNETTE WYNNE

First Line: LITTLE MONTH OF FEBRUARY
Last Line: BUT JUST THE SHORTEST MONTH OF ALL.
Subject(s): CALENDAR; FEBRUARY; MONTHS;

LITTLE month of February,
You are small, but worthy—very!
Will you grow up like the others,
Like your sister months and brothers?
Every four years with a bound
With a leap up from the ground,
Trying to grow tall as they—
All you stretch is one small day!
Even then you're not so tall
But just the shortest month of all.



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