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Now We Are Six

by A. A. Milne

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In the Dark

I’ve had my supper,
  And had my supper,
    And HAD my supper and all;
I’ve heard the story
  Of Cinderella,
    And how she went to the ball;
I’ve cleaned my teeth,
  And I’ve said my prayers,
    And I’ve cleaned and said them right;
And they’ve all of them been
  And kissed me lots,
    They’ve all of them said “Good-night.”

So—here I am in the dark alone,
  There’s nobody here to see;
        I think to myself,
        I play to myself,
    And nobody knows what I say to myself;
Here I am in the dark alone,
    What is it going to be?
I can think whatever I like to think,
I can play whatever I like to play,
I can laugh whatever I like to laugh,
    There’s nobody here but me.

I’m talking to a rabbit...
    I’m talking to the sun...
I think I am a hundred—
    I’m one.
I’m lying in a forest...
    I’m lying in a cave...
I’m talking to a Dragon...
    I’m BRAVE.
I’m lying on my left side...
    I’m lying on my right...
I’ll play a lot to-morrow...
    .......
I’ll think a lot to-morrow...
    .......
I’ll laugh...
          a lot...
          to-morrow...
          (Heigh-ho!)
          Good-night.

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