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Show JUST FOLKS Dj Edgar A. Guest 6 IT PJSLSASTU K g At Pelletler's the ponies play I'nbrldled 'round the yard all da) rul Shetland babies scarce knee high Utter k sad and plaintive cry Krori; time to time as if to say. Oh, dear, my mammas gone aw.iv '' The mother hears and promptly stops Devouring orchard clover tops And on the gallop comes to see Just what this fearful grief can be Major and Perfect. Tinker-Toy Names to delight each kIH and boy. Lirry and Hal and Fairy Queen, Surely their master must have bc n A youngster once himself, to know The names which charm the children1 so. While age may stop and welcome be I This glorious Shetland herd to see I know by all I've seen and heard That little children are preferred. I've watched tho muster at his side i Teaching a little boy to ride. And in his eyes there's been a glow Horn of the by-gone long ago. When he was young and yearned to i own A pony he might mount alone, I've seen my youngster's eves Krow bright With ail the sunshine of delight Nor could I tell, while watching there.! Which was the happier of the pair. I Teacher or pupil weight of years le little marked at Pelletler's. Age seems to bo as blithely glad As Le the little girl or lad. And when the ride has come to close' Two hands caress the pony's nose f' Two hearts spin out the Joy m. - h.,ui And neither one of them Is old At Pelletler's the spot In truth Is Just a fairy land for vouth |