TO 

 NELSON WELLINGTON HODGE 



MY FATHER, 

 WHO GAVE ME MY FIRST 

 ANIMALS AND PETS, MY FIRST GARDEN 

 PLOT AND LITTLE FARM, WHO LEFT THE 

 BIG OAK UNCUT 

 FOR ITS BEAUTY 

 AND THE WILD PRAIRIE UN-PLOWED 

 FOR ITS WILD FLOWERS, WHO SET 

 THE ELM TREE BY THE 

 PORCH AND THE 

 RED MOSS 

 ROSE 

 IN THE OLD HOME 

 GARDEN 



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