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Jo Budd, who'd bought a potted plant, / Was dousing it with water. / He fancied this would make it grow, / And Joseph loved to potter.
Then through the pot the rocket shot / And made the scene look sickly! / "Well, now," said Jo, "I never thought / That plant would shoot so quickly!"