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THE LITTLE TURTLE
(A Recitation for Martha Wakefield, Three Years Old)
There was a little turtle.
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on the rocks.
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on the rocks.
He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow.
And he snapped at me.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow.
And he snapped at me.
He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
But he didn't catch me.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
But he didn't catch me.
| Collected poems by Vachel Lindsay | |