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Our Story Book

Ten Raw Recruits.

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Attention! Ready! Quick march!

Keep your legs as stiff as starch!

Halt! Mark time! Right about!

Two, four, six, and eight fall out!

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Illustration from Our Story Book: Jingles, Stories and Rhymes for Little Folks
Illustration from Our Story Book: Jingles, Stories and Rhymes for Little Folks

One and three go sentry duty—

The watchword is, “For home and beauty.”

Five, seven, and nine, must stay and drill.

Because they hold, themselves so ill.

M. M. Read.

Illustration from Our Story Book: Jingles, Stories and Rhymes for Little Folks
Illustration from Our Story Book: Jingles, Stories and Rhymes for Little Folks
Illustration from Our Story Book: Jingles, Stories and Rhymes for Little Folks
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