The
Magnificat Readers THIRd Reader
St. Augustine Academy Press Homer Glen, IL
All textual content found herein has been taken from approved Catholic sources (having an imprimatur or other ecclesiastical approval) or, in the case of some poems and sheet music, material used was textually identical to copies found in approved sources. With some exceptions, all sources used for this compilation are public domain; where this is not the case, fair use doctrine has been carefully observed. This compilation is based on the recommended readings for each grade level as published in the Religion in Life Curriculum, published by the Marquette University Institute of Catechetical Research between 1933-1935. Additional selections of interest were added from the same sources.
This compilation Š2020 by St. Augustine Academy Press. Edited by Lisa Bergman.
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-64051-029-6
Contents Little Things Julia A. F. Carney Angels Mary Dixon Thayer The Sunbeam Rev. John Banister Tabb Hush, My Dear, Lie Still and Slumber Isaac Watts The Sin of the Angels
1 2 3 3 4
The Bad Angels
4
Dear Angel, Ever at My Side Fr. Frederick William Faber All Things Bright & Beautiful Cecil Frances Alexander Raindrops Ellen Walsh God Rev. John Banister Tabb The Wonderful World William Brighty Rands The Creation Berdice Moran Thanksgiving Mary Dixon Thayer We Thank Thee Ralph Waldo Emerson God Made All Things
6 7 9 9 10 11 13 14 15
The Creation
16
Every Child’s Garden Every Child’s Garden
Every Child’s Garden
Ideal Catholic Reader 3
Children, Thank God Ideal Catholic Reader 3
The Garden of Eden Ideal Catholic Reader 3
The Reason Why Ideal Catholic Reader 3
God’s Outdoors
American Cardinal Reader 2
Mother Mary! at Thine Altar Our First Parents Every Child’s Garden
Original Sin
Every Child’s Garden
Edmund Henry Garrett 18
20 Mary E. Mannix 24
26 Fr. Frederick William Faber 28
31 31
Temptation
32
After the Sin
34
The Punishment Begins
34
Every Child’s Garden Every Child’s Garden Every Child’s Garden
The Names of Our Lady Autumn Prayer Finding a Way to Heaven
Adelaide A. Proctor 35 Mary Dixon Thayer 39
41
American Reader 3
A Brave Man’s Hope Holy Communion Miriam’s Wishes
Katherine E. Conway 46 Fr. Frederick William Faber 47
48
Columbus Reader 3
Moses in the Bulrushes
51
Moses
53
Columbus Reader 3
Ideal Catholic Reader 3
Your Friends In the Morning Morning Prayer A Thought A Child’s Prayer Day and Night God Heard Fred’s Prayer
Mary Dixon Thayer 55 Mary Dixon Thayer 56 Robert Hugh Benson 57 Robert Louis Stevenson 58 Matilda Betham Edwards 59 Denis A. McCarthy 60 Monsignor Gaume 61
Ideal Catholic Reader 3
Prayer Before Meals
63
The First Commandment
65
De La Salle Reader 3
Religion Second Course, MacEachen
Different Ways Growing St. Dorothy, God-Given
Mary Dixon Thayer 67 Mary Dixon Thayer 68
69
American Cardinal Reader 3
The Shepherd Boy
73
Ideal Catholic Reader 3
iv
San Min’s Treasure
76
The Little Martyr of the Blessed Sacrament
84
The Second Commandment
90
Two Went Up into the Temple to Pray Richard Crashaw God’s Home Fr. Edward F. Garesché, S.J. Please! Mary Dixon Thayer The Last Supper
92 92 93 94
A Child’s Wish He Prayeth Best Which Loved Mother Best?
96 98 98
American Cardinal Reader 3 Catholic Education Series Third Reader Religion Second Course, MacEachen
Catholic Education Series Religion Third Book
Father Ryan Samuel Taylor Coleridge Joy Allison
Ideal Catholic Reader 3
A Grain of Sand
99
Ideal Catholic Reader 3
Only One
George Cooper 101
Ideal Catholic Reader 3
Helping Mother
Phoebe Cary 102
Ideal Catholic Reader 3
Hush-A-Bye
James J. Healy 106
Rosary Reader 3
Elizabeth
108
David Winks
131
Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3
Clothes The Lily and the Rose
Walter de la Mare 134
135
American Reader 3
Prince Harweda
141
Damon and Pythias
147
American Reader 3
Columbus Reader 3
Nobility
Alice Cary 150
Corona Reader 3
Ethel King
151
Ideal Catholic Reader 3
v
The Frog’s Cousin
153
Fifth Commandment
157
Ideal Catholic Reader 3
Religion Second Course, MacEachen
Androclus and the Lion James Baldwin 159 Standard Catholic Reader 3
A Lesson of Mercy
Alice Cary 162
Standard Catholic Reader 3
Mother Dear, Oh Pray for Me
165
De La Salle Hymnal
St. Agnes
from Fabiola by Cardinal Wiseman 167
Catholic Education Series Third Reader
The Jeweled Pencil
173
David Makes a Mistake
177
David Makes another Mistake
184
The Eighth Commandment
192
American Third Reader Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3
Religion Second Course, MacEachen
Night and Day Content and Rich Speak, Little Voice The Magic Ring
Mary Mapes Dodge 194 Rev. Robert Southwell, S.J. 195 Rev. Michael Earls, S.J. 198
Catholic Education Series Third Reader
199
Sin
214
Christmas Song Lydia Avery Coonley Ward Gates and Doors Joyce Kilmer G.K. Chesterton The Christ Child The Annunciation Adelaide Procter The Lamb William Blake Winter Prayer Mary Dixon Thayer Finding You Mary Dixon Thayer The Child’s Thought at Christmas Mary Jane Carr
216 216 218 220 222 223 224 225
Religion Second Course, MacEachen
American Third Reader
vi
The Wonderful Message
226
The Annunciation
229
When the King Came
230
Advent
236
Palestine
240
A House in Bethlehem
242
Daniel’s Birthday
243
Shepherds of Bethlehem
254
Joel’s Star
255
A Legend of the Christ Child
264
American Cardinal Reader 3 American Cardinal Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3 Corona Reader 3
Christmas Carol
Adelaide A. Procter 269
Standard Catholic Reader 3
The Nativity
Helen Parry Eden 272
Corona Third Reader
Holy Night
Corona Third Reader
translated by Maurice Francis Egan 273
A Child’s Christmas Song
Thomas A. Daly 274
Ideal Catholic Reader 3
The Frozen Hands
275
American Cardinal Reader 3
Star in the East
Mother Mary Loyola (adapted) 284
A Birthday Gift
Christina Rossetti 286
Little Jesus
Francis Thompson 287
Standard Catholic Reader 3 Ideal Catholic Reader 3 Ideal Catholic Reader 3
The Holy Family
Mother M. Loyola (Adapted) 289
De La Salle Reader 3
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The Christ Child in the Temple
293
American Cardinal Reader 3
Jesus in the Workshop
Mother M. Loyola (Adapted) 297
De La Salle Reader 3
Christ Blessing the Little Ones
301
De La Salle Reader 3
The Child’s Desire
Mrs. Jemima Luke 303
De La Salle Reader 3
St. Christopher
304
American Cardinal Reader 3
Dear Guardian of Mary Holy Ghost Come Down Upon Thy Children The Blessed Trinity The Rann of the Three Every Child’s Garden
Fr. Frederick W. Faber 310 Fr. Frederick W. Faber 311 Fr. Frederick W. Faber 311 From the Irish 311
St. Joseph The Workshop of St. Joseph
312 313
The Baptism of Jesus
314
St. Patrick The Shamrock
316 319
Every Child’s Garden Corona Reader 3
Marquette Third Reader
The Way of the Cross O Sacred Cross The King’s Highway Thy Will be Done
Leonard Feeney, S.J. 322 William Cardinal O’Connell 322 Rev. Hugh Francis Blunt 323
324
Every Child’s Garden
Christ is Risen
324
The Gift of the Master
325
Every Child’s Garden American Third Reader
Our Lord and Our Lady
Hilaire Belloc 330
Corona Reader 3
The Cross
331
Rosary Reader 3
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The Sign of the Cross
331
Crosses
332
The Crucifix
332
Jewish Money
334
Jewish Feasts
335
The Sabbath Feast
337
The Passover
342
The Last Supper
353
An Easter Legend
355
Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3
Ideal Catholic Reader 4 Standard Catholic Reader 3
Spring Calling of the Disciples
Mary Dixon Thayer 356
357
Corona Reader 3
Christ Founded the Catholic Church
358
The Catholic Church
360
The Children and the Pope
362
St. Peter’s
364
The Bishop of Rome
365
The Vatican
366
Genuflections
367
The Cathedral of Cologne
368
In a Catholic Church
369
Religion Second Course, MacEachen Religion Second Course, MacEachen De La Salle Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3 Rosary Reader 3
Standard Catholic Reader 3
ix
Sister Marguerite
373
The Children’s Friend
379
Standard Catholic Reader 3 Ideal Catholic Reader 3
Thoughts The Sacrifice of the Mass
Mary Dixon Thayer 382
383
Religion Second Course, MacEachen
The Real Presence
385
In the Tabernacle
387
Our Lord with Us
387
Religion Second Course, MacEachen The Life on Earth of Our Blessed Lord The Life on Earth of Our Blessed Lord
Because He Loves Us It is Finished Divine Grace
Alice Cary 387 Christina Rossetti 389
390
Religion Second Course, MacEachen
Baptism
392
God’s Priests
392
Thy Kingdom Come
393
Going to Confession
394
The Little Gray Lamb
395
The Sacrament of Penance
401
What Are Your Faults?
403
The Good Samaritan
405
Why Rose Couldn’t Sleep
406
Jesus Heals the Lepers
408
Every Child’s Garden Every Child’s Garden Every Child’s Garden Every Child’s Garden
American Third Reader Columbus Reader 3 Columbus Reader 3 Columbus Reader 3
Ideal Catholic Reader 3 Ideal Catholic Reader 4
x
The Prodigal Son
409
The Good Shepherd
412
O Lord, I am Not Worthy
414
Ideal Catholic Reader 4 Rosary Reader 3
De La Salle Hymnal
First Communion At My Heart’s Door
Mary Dixon Thayer 415
415
Every Child’s Garden
Holy Mass
416
First Holy Communion
416
My Lord and My God
417
Talk To Jesus
418
My New Sister
419
Every Child’s Garden Every Child’s Garden Every Child’s Garden Every Child’s Garden American Third Reader Corona Reader 3
Jesus, Gentlest Savior
Fr. Frederick W. Faber 430
Corona Reader 3
Jesus and the Little Child
431
To the King of Heaven
432
Holy Communion
433
The Lily
435
Today
436
Miracle of the Loaves and the Fishes
438
Promise of the Blessed Sacrament
439
Corona Reader 3 Corona Reader 3
Columbus Reader 3 Columbus Reader 3 Columbus Reader 3
Ideal Catholic Reader 3
Bible Stories for Children
First Communion
A Sister of St. Dominic 441
Ideal Catholic Reader 3
xi
The Sacred Heart
Angelique DeLande 442
Ideal Catholic Reader 3
A Legend of the Fair Child
Flora L. Stanfield (adapted) 443
Standard Catholic Reader 3
Spring
Celia Thaxter 447
Standard Catholic Reader 3
The Little Lily of the Indians
448
Bernadette of Lourdes
456
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
460
How St. Philip Made a Saint
465
St. Sebastian
468
American Third Reader American Third Reader
Cathedral Basic Reader 3 Columbus Reader 3
Catholic Education Series Third Reader
St. Joan of Arc
Maurice Francis Egan
Corona Reader 3
473
St. Theresa
474
Our Heroes
Phoebe Cary 477
Corona Reader 3 Ideal Catholic Reader 3
St. Rose of Lima
478
St. Cecilia
480
Standard Catholic Reader 3 Standard Catholic Reader 3
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Little Things Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land. Thus the little minutes Humble though they be, Make the mighty ages Of eternity. Thus our little errors Lead the soul away From the paths of virtue Off in sin to stray. Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make this earth an Eden Like the heaven above. —Julia A. F. Carney
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Angels Dear God, I’m sure the Angels keep their arms around me while I sleep! For sometimes, when I wake at night— Yes, when my eyes are still shut tight— I hear all sorts of little things That sound just like an Angel’s wings! It wouldn’t be a great surprise If, when I did open my eyes, I saw an Angel by the bed And touched the halo ‘round his head! —Mary Dixon Thayer
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The Sunbeam A ladder from the Land of Light, I rest upon the sod, Whence dewy angels of the Night Climb back again to God. —Rev. John Banister Tabb
Hush, My Dear, Lie Still and Slumber Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed; Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head. Mayst thou live to know and fear Him, Trust and love Him all thy days; Then go dwell forever near Him, See His face, and sing His praise! —Isaac Watts
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The Sin of the Angels Among God’s Angels there was one More shining than the mid-day sun. The fairest angel of them all, He gleamed with light before THE FALL. But in his pride he would not SERVE. No more GOD’S LOVE did he deserve. He and his angels, full of hate, Were driven out from HEAVEN’S GATE.
The Bad Angels Oh!—What a dreadful sight!— Away from Heaven’s light The wicked angels fall! Ah!—SIN has spoiled them all. Each happy shining face Has lost the smile of GRACE, And HATRED and DESPAIR Are MARKED FOREVER THERE! And then was come the time When God began To make this world of ours— The home of MAN. 4
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Dear Angel, Ever at My Side —Fr. Frederick William Faber
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All Things Beautiful All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful— The Lord God made them all. Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, He made their glowing colors, He made their tiny wings. The purple-headed mountain, The river, running by, The morning, and the sunset That lighteth up the sky, The tall trees in the green wood, The pleasant summer sun, The ripe fruits in the garden— He made them every one. He gave us eyes to see them, And lips that we might tell How great is God Almighty, Who hath made all things well. 7
—Cecil Frances Alexander
Raindrops Question Little drops of water, Sparkling in the sun, Tell us, tiny raindrops, What work have you done? Answer We kissed the blushing rose Needing drink so long; We greeted little birds Who gladdened you by song.
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Dropping on the hillside, Made the grasses green, Freshened all the flowers; What a sight was seen! Little sister raindrops, Worked in brook and rill, Sparkled in the sunshine, Turned for flour the mill. We say low to nature, When we kiss the sod, We are busy workers, Sent to you from God. —Ellen Walsh
God I see Thee in the distant blue; But in the violet’s dell of dew, Behold, I breathe and touch Thee too. —Rev. John Banister Tabb
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The Wonderful World Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful World, With the wonderful water round you curled, And the grass upon your breast— World, you are beautifully drest. The wonderful air is over me, And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree, It walks on the water, and whirls the mills, And talks to itself on the top of the hills. You friendly Earth! how far do you go, With the wheat-fields that nod and the rivers that flow, With cities and gardens, and cliffs, and isles, And people upon you for thousands of miles? Ah! You are so great, and I am so small, I tremble to think of you, World, at all; And yet, when I said my prayers to-day, A whisper inside me seemed to say, “You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot: You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!” —William Brighty Rands
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The Creation In heaven, up above Dwells the Father, God of love. He made the earth; He made the sky, The ocean wide, the mountains high, He made each flower and bird and tree, He made you, and He made me. He sends the snow; He sends the rain; He makes the flowers bloom again, And when the earth is bleak and bare, He feeds the birdies everywhere. —Berdice Moran
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Thanksgiving I want to thank You first of all, Dear God, for making me, Because—if I had not been made— Goodness! Where would I be? And then I want to thank You, God For my dearest mother— O! I’m glad I have her, God, Instead of another! And then I want to thank You for My father and the boys, And for my sisters too, and for Our house, and for our toys! And God, I want to thank You for The lovely, lovely sky, And for the clouds that way, way up Above the world go by! And God, I want to thank You for The woods in which we play, And for the stars and moon by night, And for the sun by day… 12
And God, I want to thank You for The daisy-fields, and hills Made to coast down in Winter-time, And have the finest spills! And God, I want to thank You for All sorts of little things— Like curly stems of dandelions, And pebbles, and the wings Of butterflies, and icicles, And leaves, and bugs that pass— O! And for diamonds that I find Each morning in the grass! Dear God, there are a million things To thank You for, I know! I haven’t thought of half of them— For instance, there is snow… But God, I don’t believe I can Remember all that I Have got to thank You for, and so I don’t believe I’ll try. But God—You know the way I feel— I mean I love You, and O! Thank You just for everything! There! Now you understand! —Mary Dixon Thayer
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We Thank Thee For flowers that bloom about our feet, Father, we thank Thee. For tender grass so fresh, so sweet, Father, we thank Thee. For the song of bird and hum of bee, For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee. For blue of stream and blue of sky, Father, we thank Thee. For pleasant shade of branches high, Father, we thank Thee. For fragrant air and cooling breeze, For beauty of the blooming trees, Father in heaven, we thank Thee. For this new morning with its light, Father, we thank Thee. For rest and shelter of the night, Father, we thank Thee For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends, Father in heaven, we thank Thee. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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God Made All Things...... By GOD ALONE were made the night, The day, the moon, the sun so bright; The great round world, the sweet fresh air, The clouds we see floating there. The Springtime when the violets grow. The Winter with its ice and snow, The birds that sing in bush and tree, The bees and butterflies we see, The cats, the dogs, the cows, the sheep, All things that walk, fly, swim, or creep, Above the land or ‘neath the sea, Were MADE BY GOD FOR YOU AND ME.
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The Creation I am going to tell you, children, the wonderful story of the creation of the world. In the beginning, God created heaven and earth. There was nothing upon the earth. It was in darkness. So God said: “Let there be light.� And light was made. He then divided the light from the darkness; and called the light, Day, and the darkness, Night. God did all this the first day. On the second day, He made the firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament from those that were above the firmament; and He called the firmament, heaven. On the third day, God gathered together the waters that were under the firmament into one place; and made the dry land appear. He called the dry land, earth; and He made the earth bring forth green herbs and fruits. 16
On the fourth day, God made the great lights (the greater light to rule the day, and a lesser light to rule the night), and the stars. He set these lights in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth. On the fifth day, God created the birds of the air, and the fishes that live in the water. On the sixth day, after having made the beasts of the earth, He created man to His own image and likeness, and placed under the care of man all the other living creatures. Then God saw all the things that He had made, and they were very good. On the seventh day, the work of creation being finished, He rested. And He blessed the seventh day, and made it holy.
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Children, Thank God Children, thank God for these great trees, That fan the land with every breeze; Whose drooping branches form cool bowers Where you can spend the summer hours— For these thank God. For fragrant sweets of blossoms bright, Whose beauty gives you such delight; For the soft grass beneath your feet, For new-mown hay and clover sweet— For all thank God. The very cows, that lie and doze Beneath the trees in glad repose; The birds, that in their branches sing, And make the air with music ring— All these thank God. Oh, thank God for the radiant sky, Whose varying beauty charms the eye— Now gray and dark, now blue and bright, Unfailing source of pure delight— For this thank God. 18
He gives the life to everything— To beasts that roar, and birds that sing, But thought and speech He gave to men, While beasts are dumb; O children, then— For this thank God. —Edmund Henry Garrett
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The Garden of Eden After God had created the world, He planted a most beautiful garden for the first man, whom He called Adam. Then He placed Adam in the Garden of Eden to take care of it. God told him that he might eat of all the fruit therein, but that of one tree; and if he would eat of that fruit, he should surely die. God then said: “It is not good for man to be alone. Let us make him a helpmate like unto himself.” God, having created all the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air, brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. Adam gave each of them its name, but found no creature like himself. Seeing that the first man was disappointed at not finding a helpmate among all these creatures, God made the first woman, whom He called Eve, and gave her to Adam as his companion. For a short time, Adam and Eve were very happy in the beautiful Garden of Eden. One day, a serpent came to Eve and said to her: “Why did God tell you not to eat of the fruit of one tree in the garden?” 20
Eve told the serpent that if she were to eat of the fruit of that tree, she should surely die; for God had said so. The serpent said to Eve: “No; you shall not die. But when you shall eat of the fruit of that tree, your eyes shall be opened, you shall be as great as God, and you shall know good from evil.” Eve listened to what the serpent had to say. She looked at the fruit, and saw that it was good to eat, and fair to the eyes. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Eve then called to her companion, Adam, and asked him to have some. He also ate of the forbidden fruit. At that moment, their eyes were opened, and they felt that they had done wrong. They knew they had disobeyed the command of God, and that He would be angry with them. For that reason, they went and hid themselves among the trees of the Garden of Eden. God called Adam and said to him: “Where art thou?” Adam answered: “I heard Thy voice in the garden, but I was afraid.” God said to him: “Thou hast eaten of the tree of which I told thee not to eat.” 21
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Adam said: “Eve gave me the fruit and I ate it.” God said to Eve: “Why hast thou done this?” Eve answered: “The serpent deceived me, and I did eat.” God then drove Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, and made them and their children work hard the rest of their lives. Lest Adam and Eve should return to the garden, God placed angels and a flaming sword to guard the entrance.
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The Reason Why Child I hope you hear me, dear Angel, There’s something I want to say: The world seems topsy-turvy, Everything is wrong to-day. Yesterday, I was happy— I felt like singing a song, Though the wind was sighing and sobbing, And it rained the whole day long. To-day, the sun is shining, And the sky is bluest blue, But I feel so cross and gloomy, I think it strange, don’t you?
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Angel Yesterday, you were busy, And learned your lessons well; You had no time for counting The raindrops as they fell. To-day, you have been idle, Your tasks are all undone; You feel no joy in the springtime, You see no gold in the sun. Hasten to Mary’s altar, Ask her to help you pray; And all the gloom and sadness Will vanish like mist away. Child Thank you, thank you, dear Angel! O never leave my side! And I cannot be naughty With such a gentle guide. —Mary E. Mannix
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