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The two little children that died long ago / Away in the woods on the top of a hill -- / And a good little robin that knew all about it / Came with strawberry leaves in her bill,
To cover them up, and she kept very quiet / And brought the leaves one at a time, I think. / And some of the leaves would have little holes in them, / And some would be red and pink.
And these little Babes-in-the-Woods that were dead / Must have lain very still, and they heard all the talk / That the bees would be saying to more little bees, / And maybe they even could hear the ants walk.
And they could look out through a crack in the leaves / And see little bushes and some of the sky. / They could see robin coming with leaves in her mouth, / And they watched for her when she went by.