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LITTLE-GIRL-TWO-LITTLE-GIRLS by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: I'M TWINS, I GUESS, 'CAUSE MY MA SAY
Last Line: "AN' GOOD LITTLE GIRL'S COMED BACK TO STAY."
Subject(s): CHILDREN; GIRLS; MOTHERS; TWINS; CHILDHOOD;

I'M twins, I guess, 'cause my Ma say
I'm two little girls. An' one o' me
Is @3Good@1 little girl; an' th' other 'n' she
Is @3Bad little girl as she can be!@1
An' Ma say so, 'most ever' day.

An' she's the @3funniest@1 Ma! 'Cause when
My Doll won't mind, and I ist cry,
W'y, nen my Ma she sob an' sigh,
An' say, "Dear @3Good@1 little girl, good-by! --
@3Bad@1 little girl's comed here again!"

Last time 'at Ma act' thataway,
I cried all to myse'f a while
Out on the steps, an' nen I smile,
An' git my Doll all fix' in style,
An' go in where Ma's at, an' say:
@3Morning to you, Mommy dear!
Where's that Bad little girl wuz here?
Bad little girl's goned clean away,
An' Good little girl's comed back to stay."@1



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