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SMELLS (JUNIOR) by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY

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First Line: MY DADDY SMELLS LIKE TOBACCO AND BOOKS
Last Line: SHE SMELLS EXACTLY LIKE HOT BUTTERED TOAST!
Subject(s): SMELLS; ODORS; AROMAS; FRAGRANCES;

MY Daddy smells like tobacco and books,
Mother, like lavender and listerine;
Uncle John carries a whiff of cigars,
Nannie smells starchy and soapy and clean.

Shandy, my dog, has a smell of his own
(When he's been out in the rain he smells most);
But Katie, the cook, is more splendid than all --
She smells exactly like hot buttered toast!



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