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"Oh, do not drown that pretty thing," / One morn I heard Matilda say -- / "Do, now, untie that cruel string, / And do not drown him, Robert, pray.
"His feet, how drolly mark'd they are; / And feel his coat, as soft as silk; / Oh, let me have him, dear mamma, / And let him share my bread and milk."