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_At not at all infrequent spells / I hear -- and so do you -- / The tales that everybody tells / And no one listens to._
"You talk about excitement. Well / Last summer, up at Silver Dell, / Jim Brown and I took a canoe / And paddled out a mile or two. / When we left shore the sun was out -- / Serenest day, beyond a doubt, / I ever saw. When suddenly / It thunders, and a heavy sea / Comes up. 'I'm goin' to jump,' says Jim. / He jumps. I don't know how to swim, / And I was scared."