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The Ant.

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MY child, ob-serve the use-ful Ant,     How hard she works each day.     She works as hard as ad-a-mant     (That's very hard, they say).     She has no time to gal-li-vant;     She has no time to play.     Let Fido chase his tail all day;     Let Kitty play at tag:     She has no time to throw a-way,     She has no tail to wag.     She scurries round from morn till night;     She ne-ver, ne-ver sleeps;     She seiz-es ev-ery-thing in sight,     And drags it home with all her might,     And all she takes she keeps.

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