THE SILK DRESS

“My dress is pretty,” a little girl said.“Did you make it?” I asked. She shook her head.“No, I didn’t make it,” she laughed in glee.“It took lots of people to make it,” said she.“I’ll tell you about it, because I knowWhat my mother told me is truly so.“The silkworms grew it, and after a whileMen unraveled it into a pile;Girls spun it and wove it and sent it away,And my mother bought it for me one day;And the dressmaker cut it and sewed it for me—These are the reasons I love it,” said she.

“My dress is pretty,” a little girl said.“Did you make it?” I asked. She shook her head.“No, I didn’t make it,” she laughed in glee.“It took lots of people to make it,” said she.“I’ll tell you about it, because I knowWhat my mother told me is truly so.“The silkworms grew it, and after a whileMen unraveled it into a pile;Girls spun it and wove it and sent it away,And my mother bought it for me one day;And the dressmaker cut it and sewed it for me—These are the reasons I love it,” said she.

“My dress is pretty,” a little girl said.“Did you make it?” I asked. She shook her head.“No, I didn’t make it,” she laughed in glee.“It took lots of people to make it,” said she.“I’ll tell you about it, because I knowWhat my mother told me is truly so.

“My dress is pretty,” a little girl said.

“Did you make it?” I asked. She shook her head.

“No, I didn’t make it,” she laughed in glee.

“It took lots of people to make it,” said she.

“I’ll tell you about it, because I know

What my mother told me is truly so.

“The silkworms grew it, and after a whileMen unraveled it into a pile;Girls spun it and wove it and sent it away,And my mother bought it for me one day;And the dressmaker cut it and sewed it for me—These are the reasons I love it,” said she.

“The silkworms grew it, and after a while

Men unraveled it into a pile;

Girls spun it and wove it and sent it away,

And my mother bought it for me one day;

And the dressmaker cut it and sewed it for me—

These are the reasons I love it,” said she.


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