RECREATION. 



XXVll 



THE RUBBERNECK. 



She listened good and hard; 



Not a sound except a car; 

 And she crept across the yard 



Like a lad with a cigar. 



Then she hunted for a slit 



Or a knothole in the fence; 

 But she couldn't find a bit, 



For the grapevine grew too dense. 



Then a pail was near at hand 



And she stood it on an end; 

 But it wasn't safe to stand, 



For the hoops began to bend. 



But it rolled off like a keg 



With great hoops that wouldn't bend; 

 But it rolled off like an egg 



When she stood it on an end. 



Then she found a ladder red 



With a slender line of blue, 

 And up the rounds she sped 



Till the next yard came in view. 



Then she said and chuckled, too; 



"Them new neighbors ain't so grand; 

 Ain't a thing in their wash new, 



There's a darn to every strand." 



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