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Our Story Book

The Doll's House To Let.

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This dear little house you can see is “To Let,”

For our dollies are moving away;

Will you run round to-morrow and see if it suits?

For we shall be busy to-day.

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

Now Jackie and Mollie pretended they were

The man on the furniture van,

They loaded the truck as full as they could,

And off down the garden they ran.

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

We took out the dollies, and sat them all down,

While we packed up each table and chair,

We all worked so hard, that when tea-time came round

We were ready the good things to share.

We got some nice paper, and pen, and some ink,

We printed “To Let” on the bill;

And we wrote on a card which we sent to friends,

“Pray live in this house, if you will.”

The postman soon brought a reply to our note,

Which asked if a stranger might call,

We told him to come as soon as he could,

And we waited for him in the hall.

The visitor came and looked over the house,

And promised to take it next June;

They liked all the rooms, and the garden as well,

So our house will be full again soon.

P. S. Bruff.

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