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Little Orphant Annie

"...if you don't watch out!"

Little Orphant Annie's come to our house to stay,

And wash the cups and saucers up, and brush the crumbs away,

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And shoo the chickens off the porch, and dust the hearth, and sweep,

And make the fire, and bake the bread, and earn her board-and-keep;

And all us other children, when the supper-things is done,

We sit around the kitchen fire and have the mostest fun,

A-listenin' to the spooky tales that Annie tells about,

And the gobble-uns that will get you

If you

Don't

Watch

Out!

Even grave diggers have unusual evenings. Read all about it in the next story, "The King of Cats."

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