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Variations on Rand McNally name kept as printed.

DOLLY AND MOLLY
AND
THE FARMER MAN

By

ELIZABETH GORDON

AUTHOR OF THE “DOLLY AND MOLLY SERIES,” “THE

BUTTERFLY BABIES’ BOOK,” “WATERMELON PETE”

“GRANDDAD COCO NUT’S PARTY”

Pictures by

FRANCES BEEM

RAND McNALLY & COMPANY

CHICAGO NEW YORK

Copyright, 1914,

By Rand, McNally & Co.

The Rand-McNally Press

Chicago

DOLLY AND MOLLY

AND

THE FARMER MAN

Went Dolly and Molly,

one fine summer day,

To watch while the farmer

man made the new hay.

And a beautiful basket of

luncheon they took,

All wrapped in white napkins

by Mary the cook.

He whetted his scythe.

Oh, the big noise it made!

And he cut down that hay,

each spear and each blade.

The Grasshoppers hoppered,

and gazed in surprise.

You ought to have seen how

they stuck out their eyes!

He took a big fork and he

spread, all around,

That sweet-smelling hay on

the sunshiny ground.

And the Hoppy Toads

blinked sadly, saying, “Oh, well,

We shall just have to move

to the Burdock Hotel.”

Then he raked it in long

rows, and left it to dry,

While they all ate their lunch

’neath a big tree near by.

And the Robin came too,

saying, “Please give me some,”

So Dolly and Molly each

gave him a crumb.

Then the man tossed the hay

in a great shiny heap,

And put on its night cap,

and left it to sleep.

Then a black and gold Bumblebee

bumbled along,

Saying, “It’s-time-little-girlies-

were-home-where-they-b’long.”

So Dolly and Molly, all tired

with play,

Just followed the Bumblebee

home all the way.

And Grandmother gave them

some milk and some bread,

And lovingly kissed them

and put them to bed.

And the sleep fairies came

to that little white room,

And sprinkled them over

with sleep flower bloom.

And that was the end of

that beautiful day,

When the twins watched

the farmer man make the new hay.