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SEE-SAW
My darlings, would you like to know
About a bear named Esau,
Who loved to have a bit of fun
At night by playing see-saw?
He learned by watching from the wood
The woodman's children play the game,
As woodmen's children should.
About a bear named Esau,
Who loved to have a bit of fun
At night by playing see-saw?
He learned by watching from the wood
The woodman's children play the game,
As woodmen's children should.
When moonlight shone, and every tree
Looked rather like a ghost,
The little bear, with Ursula,
The merry friend he loved the most,
Away from home would quickly run,
And in the children's playground have
An hour or two of fun.
Looked rather like a ghost,
The little bear, with Ursula,
The merry friend he loved the most,
Away from home would quickly run,
And in the children's playground have
An hour or two of fun.
The Moon was pleased to watch them romp
Together on the plank.
First Esau rose toward the sky,
And then toward the earth he sank,
While Ursula with grunts and squeals
Pushed very hard upon the ground
Her pair of furry heels.
Together on the plank.
First Esau rose toward the sky,
And then toward the earth he sank,
While Ursula with grunts and squeals
Pushed very hard upon the ground
Her pair of furry heels.
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But suddenly the laughing Moon
Was terrified to see
The vexed and sleepy mother-bear
Approach by stealth from tree to tree!
She tried her best to cry aloud,
But failed, so very kindly popped
Behind a big black cloud.
Was terrified to see
The vexed and sleepy mother-bear
Approach by stealth from tree to tree!
She tried her best to cry aloud,
But failed, so very kindly popped
Behind a big black cloud.
The moment when the creaking plank
Was level in the air
The mother smote it with her paw
And roughly stopped the happy pair.
“Go home at once! and do not speak,
You naughty rogues! And, Esau, mind!—
No honey for a week!”
Was level in the air
The mother smote it with her paw
And roughly stopped the happy pair.
“Go home at once! and do not speak,
You naughty rogues! And, Esau, mind!—
No honey for a week!”
So, Darlings, as I thought you'd like
To hear a tale of Esau,
The bearikin who used to love
At night a game of see-saw,
I set it down in simple rhyme.
What else I hear of him I'll tell
To you another time.
To hear a tale of Esau,
The bearikin who used to love
At night a game of see-saw,
I set it down in simple rhyme.
What else I hear of him I'll tell
To you another time.
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