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When life is young

a collection of verse for boys and girls

Dodge, Mary Mapes (1830-1905)

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THISTLES!

Three velvety, busy, buzzing bees
Once plunged in a thistle-plant up to their knees.
Alas! Though plucky and stout of heart,
They bounded away with an angry start.
For the thistle 's the touchiest thing that grows;
It 's the crossest old plant! as every one knows.
And now they'll give you a bit of advice:
“Don't ever run into a thistle-plant twice!”