The river ran, the river tore nd swung itself from shore to shore,

There

As it never had done in its life before.
ut no matter how fast its waters sped
The tails of the sheep kept just ahead.

was a family,

family of three.

alligator were they all

as any one could see.

They were basking in the sun

hen the tails came floating down

Oh! then and there such a race began
Is never was seen by the eye Iman!
With the tails a-floating lazily
Along on their way to the far off-s
And the gators hurrying.
kurrying, flurrying,
Bustling, hustling,
jostling

Hitting and

ach other in hopes of the dainty fare!
hile behind this great commotion all
The sheep, each erect in his parasol,
ipping and balancing here and there,
With a bob and a bow

this shore, now,
And then to the other,
hen each to his brother;

hile the river-twas all that it could do

Swept

their

он

right toward the hungry

счиб

There's a bend below
Where three Gum Trees grow.
And just beyond it the watery go
ver a ledge, twenty feet or so,
eadlong into the pool below-
ddying, whirling,
wisting and twirling,

the Mississippi itself wouldn't know hich way it ought to turn and flow. The tails went down with an easy rush, and The Alligators with show easy rush, push; Each to his parasol clung the sheep, Till they reached the edge of the watery leap, phen they shot out suddenly, one and all,And lo!

In the pool below

Three Gators swallowed three parasols, ust as the sheep swept over the falls!

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Little seep⋅

Little Ba Perp
Das lost her sheep,

And don't know where to find them.
D. leave them alone
And they'll come home,
Bringing their fails kehind

them."