Happy Thoughts

              by Robert Louis Stevenson

The world is so full

of a number of things,

I'm sure we should all

be as happy as kings.

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Time to Rise

    by Robert Louis Stevenson

A birdie with a yellow bill

Hopped upon the window-sill.

Cocked his shining eye and said:

"Aren't you ashamed, you sleepy-head?"

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Rain

    by Robert Louis Stevenson

The rain is raining all around,

It falls on field and tree,

It rains on the umbrellas here,

And on the ships at sea.

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The Wise Old Owl

There was an old owl who lived in an oak;

The more he heard, the less he spoke.

The less he spoke, the more he heard,

Why aren't we like that wise old bird?

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Ladybird, Ladybird

Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home,

Your house is on fire, your children all gone,

All but one, and her name is Ann,

And she crept under the pudding pan.

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