CONTENTS 



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Toots 7 



Pussy Willows and Pure Words 13 



Pussy Willows. Verse 15 



A Teetotal Captain 19 



A Popcorn Song. Verse 25 



The Popcorn Society 29 



Bruin's Loss. Verse 37 



The Indians and the Milk Pails 41 



Blow the Temperance Horn. Verse 48 



Pledge Signing at Trillium Spring 51 



How the Birds Know. Verse CO 



Telephone Teddy . 65 



Guess What They Are. Verse 69 



China 73 



Birdie's Footprints in the Snow. Verse 83 



Dera and Dumpy . . 87 



Little Skippy .95 



The Wild Aster. Verse 99 



Talking Apple Blossoms 105 



Cold Water Girls ' .115 



Smiling Flowers. Verse .123 



Patsy's Pond Lilies..... .129 



To the Golden Rod. Verse 139 



Lillian's Flag 145 



Robin Good and Robin Gay. Verse .149 



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