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Show t WHAT A THREE-YEAR-OLD BOY IS GOOD FOR. I To paEi'h his fat "flug-ie'' in iitpr"s b!u er. I Tu bura mnl "m .u ihy " "tv dcx. fci-erry' pie, Tj throw pupi'a l':g b't-'lioa b:s -itsle" low bl, AiiJ '.ur t-sia J-.-i Li?:c" L:oti-.-'" tuit I LliJ. I To j,1jv -It" ihf Are when ramimV rut in, I An.i .t -cu -ii,.-1 ui: to 5 ;a a no." Autl j;vo'" a. m u "waltj"' tni "-Uen jivo h" To h.-.oli up the calf -ir brcTr' Li; 70.." AliI "dit ! thf inLLiarJ'' and ft some Siift 100(1. To lei :he "t-U tumuy" ti!l on h: wt ti--s And before he iuiu crying pot L-titt up his To be,; uncle's knife and tell him he '-dct" it To "lui ' oat a flail-hook tOdi u ia hi "l-otit." To pull idl the rose in Anty's from yrd. To "lro'' tjibljy "iitun" in a ar.in or !ni. To jjuII tho voung rdiab juit ccmic,; up, To pull -Je."' eLuwh to all "he-a-' r.d cup. Ti go horn from church .viih hit couna Lhiry. And bapuz? h:ui ngiu "it" auat SjIIv i ay. To rob nil the lieu neits he can tied in thn barn, To wake ""ho" wh'p uut ofolJ "etottn" yam. T r;ui Divy"i "pstit iv burdot" auj thiitle. And late Juhuny' revoWer to nuke him a wkU-tla. wkU-tla. To tiptoe to a tab! too hi?h for ihort ler. And pall dowa m bia itccj" a pla'.e of fried To bet tread and -bntty" and ugy" and plum. To pinch his while "hannr," the one lhat n tore, Willi ihu leal' oi the table or ' unssy" old door. To pour oil tie "viuedar'' in mmnia'ii nidk pail. And while papa's praying pmth Ihe cal'd lad. To do Uulliiiig right bul everything wrong, From morning nil niglit, all the daT long. Miybts in nii-chief ncvar found still ; Vcxiug u sorely, and th waning our ill. ISul one "jUlo" kiss, one littlo tuibnica W ill) whiiu dimpled hands aiuouthing our face, Will p.iy us for trouble; yes, more thtin repay 1'or watchmg and wkclmg and I oiling all day. And when ha lays him dowa to "Beep," hi tiijh I drt-ii nhiiu aj ruuw. We pray the Lord but soul to keep,'' Bocauio we love hiui to ! Toledo Blade. |