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Five Minute Stories

by Laura E. Richards

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Naughty

I took the sugar-tongs, and tried
To curl my doggie’s hair;
I heated them until they burned,
Which filled him with despair.

The sugar-tongs were spoiled,
And the hair would not curl,
And now I’m sent to bed,
An unhappy little girl.

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