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SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR by CLARA J. DENTON

First Line: I'M GLAD THAT I AM NOT TODAY
Last Line: I'LL THANKFUL BE FOR THAT.
Subject(s): HOLIDAYS; THANKSGIVING DAY;

I'M glad that I am not to-day
A chicken or a goose,
Or any other sort of bird
That is of any use.

I'd rather be a little girl,
Although 'tis very true,
The things I do not like at all,
I'm often made to do.

I'd rather eat some turkey than
To be one, thick and fat,
And so, with all my heart, to-day
I'll thankful be for that.



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