Poems (Piatt)/Volume 2/Fred's Mother

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4618851Poems — Fred's MotherSarah Piatt
FRED'S MOTHER. MASTER HARRY'S COMMENT.
"Fred says his mother cannot tell
One-half the things he asks her. Well!

"She doesn't even knew how far
It is straight to that nearest star.

"She only knows the Golden Rule.
—I wonder where she went to school!"