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[Illustration: Girl holding younger sister, both watching clock.]


THE KITCHEN CLOCK.

1. Listen to the kitchen clock!
To itself it ever talks,
From its place it never walks;
"Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
Tell me what it says.

2. "I'm a very patient clock,
Never moved by hope or fear,
Though I've stood for many a year;
Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
That is what it says.

3. "I'm a very truthful clock:
People say about the place,
Truth is written on my face;
Tick-tock-tick-tock: "
That is what it says.

4. "I'm a most obliging clock;
If you wish to hear me strike,
You may do it when you like;
Tick-tock-tick-tock: "