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Title: Bobby's Pocket Author: Carolyn Wells [More Titles by Wells] Our Bobby is a little boy, of six years old, or so; One day he thought he'd empty it (so he again could stock it); A was a rosy Apple, with some bites out, here and there; C was a crispy crusty Cake with citron on the top; E was a little robin's Egg, all speckled blue and brown; G was a lively Grasshopper, whose legs and wings were green; I was a plaster Image that had lost its plaster head; K was a keen and shining Knife, 'twould cut the toughest bark; M was a Marble, large and round, with colors bright and clear; O was a tiny Oil-can, which was always upside down; Q was a Quilted ear-tab, which had lost its velvet mate; S was a String, a piece of Soap, a Stone, a Sponge, a Stick; U, an Umbrella-handle, of silver-mounted horn; W was some sticky Wax, lovely to pinch and mould; Y was a lot of Yellow Yarn, all bunched up like a mop; All these are Bob's possessions; he loves every single thing; [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |