The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-08-30
Youths Department.


ONLY 4 CHICKEN
RECITATION ron EIGHT LITTLE GIRLS
First Lite GW.
wonderful story viii tell:
A chicken crept from broken she'll
And, standing on It's tiny feet,
IL pccped and pecpCt fora e umb TO cat
on beautiful summer morning.
Sccopd L8i'c Cir.
But out of dark hole popped the head
ut an Old gray rat; vita cautious tread
He stole along where The Lrdss was thick
And quickly bounced on the pccptnV chick
That, standing on its tiny feet,
Was crying Tor crumO to at
On a beautiful summer morning.
Third Little or.
Then out of a doorway leapcd n cat,
That put her paw on the Old gray rat,
1uat out of a dark noe popped his head,
And crept along with Il cautious trcaL
And cruellook. whcrr the grass was thick,
To quickly pounce on the peep.ns chick,
That, standing on its tiny ieet,
Was crying for "a crumU TO eat
On a Leautitui summer morning.
Fourth Lite CHI
Around the corner there flercely flew
n savage dog of yellow hue,
That liked his teeth in the taboy cat
That put her paw on tine old gray rat,
That out OF a dark hole popped his head,
And crept along with II cautious tread
And cruel look where the grass was thick,
To quickly pounce on the peeping chick.
That, stand on its tiny TO L,
Was crying for a crumb to Ca
On IA beautiful summer morning.
Fifh Little Girl.
But naughty boy with II wicked sing
or crotched stick and rubber string,
Looked over the fence with mean iutent,
And smooth. round pebble swiftly sent,
That struck tue dog of yellow hue,
a ~
And liked his teeth in the tabby cat,
That put her paw on the old gray rat,
That out of II dark hole popped his head,
ana CreDt along with CAUTIOUS tread
Ana cruel look where the grass was thick,
TO quickly pounce on the pecping chick,
That standing on its tiry leet,
Was cry ing Tor u Crumb 10 eat
On u beautiful summer morning.
S,rth Little Gbi.
Next came a man on the double quick
Who beat tue boy with u blackthorn stick,
For hurting his dog of yellow hue,
That round the corner Hereby flew,
And fixed his teeth III the tabby cat,
That put her paw on the Old gray. rat
That out oil Il dark hole popped his head,
And Crept along with II CAUTIOUS tread
And cruel look, where the grass was thick,
10 quickly pounce on the peeping chick.
That, standing on its tiny feet
Was crying for II crumb to eat
ON beautiful summer morning.
Seventh Little Girl.
The tumult caught the watchful eye
Ot tail policeman passing by
Who, walking up with a pompOus tread,
Arrested ana nearly brl&e the head
of the man who came on the double quick
To beat tue boy with a blaCkthorn stick,
For hurting his dog of We low hue,
That round the corner tcrcely flew,
And fixed his teeth in the tabDy cat,
hat put her paw on the old gray rat,
That out of Il dark no G popped his head,
And crcpt aong witt cautious tread
And cruel look where the rass was thick,
To quickly pounce on the peeping chick,
That, standing on its tiny feet,
Was crying for crumb to eat
On beautiful summer morning.
Eighth Lii tie Girl.
In n court OF justice sternly sat
The portly Judge, in white cravat
| Who old the sheriff, for lack of bail,
| To put the man in the county jail,
! Who came in sight on the double quick
| To beat the boy with a blackthorn stick
| For hurting his dog of yellow hue,
That round the corner hercely few,
| And fixed his teeth in the tabby cat,
! That put her paw on the old gray rat,
| That out of "A dark hole popped his head
| And crepy along with n cautious tread
| And cruel look where the grass was thick,
| To quickly pounce on the peeping chick,
| That standing on its tiny feet,
| Was crying tor crumb to eat
ON beautiful summer morning.
an To C her.
| The greatest evil often springs
| From the i'll effects OF the smallest things;
| And all this trouble on many fell
| Through Il lit lie CHI ok from abroken she'll,
On beautiful summer morning.
-LtlIeue j fiuu. in iHicdJO Inter Ocean