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CHILD STORIES AND PLAY
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I sold my calf, and I bought me a cat;
A pretty thing she was, in my chimney
corner sat.
I sold my cat, and bought me a mouse;
He carried fire in his tail, and burnt down
my house.
That he pleased both the girls and boys,
And they stopped to hear him play
"Over the hills and far away."