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- He was almost there, when... Smash! Crash! Bash! He slid down and mashed into engine hash
- If you are a dreamer, Come in. If you are a dreamer, A wisher, A liar, A hoper, A prayer, A magic-bean-buyer, If you're a pretender, Come sit by my fire, For we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!
- If you have to dry the dishes (Such an awful boring chore) If you have to dry the dishes (‘Stead of going to the store) If you have to dry the dishes And you drop one on the floor Maybe they won’t let you Dry the dishes anymore
- Once I spoke the language of the flowers, Once I understood each word the caterpillar said, Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings, And shared a conversation with the housefly in my bed.
- Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
- Teddy said it was a hat,
Last reviewed 2026-07-08