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Show OUR YOUNG READERS. TOMMY'S WISH. Oh, I wish I was a grown up, And nobody could say "No sir, you can't do so and so," Or "if you're good, you may." If grown-ups waited to be good Before they had their fun, A great deal that is going on, I guess, would not be done. Oh, I wish I was a grown-up, Then I'd play with bigger boys, And spend a hundred dollars For nothing else but toys I'd give the fellows all a boat, A knife and ?? and ball, I'd sit up late and sometimes Wouldn't go to bed at all. Oh, I wish I was a grown-up, I'd wear my very best, With long gold chain a-dangling Across my ?? white vest! With big top boots so heavy I could wade out anywhere, With ?? watch in my pocket, And a close shave on my hair. Oh, I wish I was a grown-up, As tall as my papa. I'd have a pistol and a cane, [unreadable] I'd have a party every night- How jolly it would seem! I'd have a house of citron cake, And a lawn of lemon cream. Oh, I wish I was a grown-up, I'd have a ?? ?? And [unreadable] While the beef steak was ?? I'd go right in the parlor, No matter who was there. I'd have a ?? of horses, And keep a dancing bear! But, then, I ain't a grown up, [unreadable] With a little blue [unreadable] apron That buttons up behind And the ?? and kiss me, And call me "little dear." And I shan't be a grown-up In many a long year. -Mrs. ?? ?? in Youth's Companion. |