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Edith Matilda Thomas (Эдит Матильда Томас)


A Question of Spelling


They were looking through their book
  With pictures of the Zoo;
Both too young to read the text,
  But each the pictures knew.

Will was three, and Ray was five--
  And five years old is old!
When his wiser brother spoke,
  Will did as he was told!

"Look! I've found the efalunt!"
  "Don't say efalunt," said Ray.
Said their mother: "You should tell
  Little brother what to say."

"Don't say efalunt--that's wrong;
  It's efalint!" said Ray.
"Efalint!" said little Will,
  In his confiding way.



Edith Matilda Thomas's other poems:
  1. Holly and Mistletoe
  2. The Day-Dreamer
  3. Two Child Angels
  4. Her Christmas Present
  5. In the Dark Little Flat at the End of the Court


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