 | [Poems by Dodge in] St. Nicholas book of verse |  |
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THE FROG, THE CRAB, AND THE LIMPSEY EEL
A frog, a crab, and a limpsy eelAgreed to run a race.
The frog leaped so far he lost his way,
And tumbled on his face.
The crab went well, but quite forgot
To go ahead as he went,
And so crawled backward every step,
On winning the race intent.
And the limpsy eel, he curled and curled,
And waved to left and right,
Till the crab came backing the other way,
And the frog jumped past them quite.
But when last I looked, the limpsy eel
Was curling himself apace,
The frog had tangled his two hind legs,
And the crab had won the race!
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