Hiawatha Skinned a Squirrel
Hiawatha skinned the squirrel,
Just sat down and went and skinned it;
Went and skinned it to a finish,
From its skin he made some mittens.
Made them with the outside inside,
Made them with the inside outside,
Made them with the fur side inside,
Made them with the skin side outside,
Made them with the warm side inside,
Made them with the cold side outside.
Had he placed the fur side outside,
Had he placed the skin side inside,
Had he placed the outside inside,
And the inside inside
Then the warm side would have been outside,
And the cold side inside,
So to get the fur side, warm side inside,
Placed the skin side, inside, outside.
Now you know why Hiawatha placed the outside, fur side, warm side, inside, and the inside, skin side, cold side, outside.
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For when the One Great Scorer comes to write against your name He writes not that you won or lost, but how you played the game.
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“They don’t look natural,” said the man, as he rolled two threes.
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