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NAUGHTY CLAUDE by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

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First Line: WHEN LITTLE CLAUDE WAS NAUGHTY
Last Line: "I'M MUCH OBLEEGED TO YOU!"
Subject(s): CHILDREN; PUNISHMENT; CHILDHOOD;

WHEN Little Claude was naughty wunst
At dinner-time, an' said
He won't say @3"Thank you"@1 to his Ma,
She maked him go to bed
An' stay two hours an' not git up, --
So when the clock struck Two,
Nen Claude says, -- "Thank you, Mr. Clock,
I'm much obleeged to you!"



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