PUZZLE
(To Mary, Ina, and Harriet or "Hartie" Watson.)
WHEN .a.y and I.a told .a..ie they’d seen a
Small ..ea.u.e with .i..., dressed in crimson and blue,
.a..ie cried "’Twas a.ai.y! Why, I.a and .a.y,
I should have been happy if I had been you!"
Said .a.y "You wouldn’t." Said I.a "You shouldn’t-
Since you ca’n’t be us, and we couldn’t be you.
You are one, my dear .a..ie, but we are a.a..y,
And a.i...e.i. tells us that one isn’t two."
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