THE STRIKING STORKS
. went.!on-'strike 'onei'day':-.-.* i'oij'jsfiqrter. hoiirs ■■■: .Mamtainin'e'rtbat it:.wasn;i ; 'right;.' ' bpth ,day'vand.:ni£lit> • 'JUijiKfes,'?'they,, said,'.:'.Hho.,crbp--, this '--year i ■ .TVe'ltvbolil. all-babies' , now ,iir-. sight,,-- ;> a, corner, %g6odi and, tight.-'? ■ >>. AtXfirst'-.the was rather, glad; night;, swhicli'i.wasii' fc ;bad7 4.1> s nq. pillsji ■ V--;.;. !Aad::sared.;.i:.'lpt' v '-' Th£'inursiiig-b'^i'l . PerOT^ator''d^lSrs?rail^ ;^: ; ;'' - '-V\ - ; lb®-!milkmen',ceased ;tp:. : •.'• !^ds s a/size. But-; I hanrig:ha'd, tilings- all 'its .way,-..-- :'i ThcV.World. got. tired'.ot- too -much play—'.- ■< v It missed .the 'littie- frilly clothes;, ■ ' It driinis: aild horiis dolls,' .•' J •Fqr.iponc(l,'6nratches;pn•;the; walls.'] it -.wa-nted"babies; ;'gopd-,or'. r Y.-:-'-In;.„Bhptij\the\-'iwld.'i^is. : { 'i • Andv.3b:;,one';day,.;in:'JSabyland. -{' .- l /. ~ -■~ With hpllow;stumps,on:everv hand.. •- - The-istrikingfstorks,-no longer tired, i'erceiVed that mischicf bad transpired-'-' A.N*doctor,'.-largoyand tat and-round;. . Hi.s vsatchel, open;.on the ground. i iWas- stealing' babies,- black, and'white. - 'Fromall the;- stumps, with all his' mightThe, stork's ii'ad no redress, they knew, 1 i or'-' Istfab'sV .Tvero ,plenty, stork's were'few-; . And, EO/ifrom'teing'm.arrears, -.■■■■ • ■•--■■■ Census, JwoincdHhe next-few ..years. —Mary roberts riyeHart
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 80, 28 December 1907, Page 11
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142THE STRIKING STORKS Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 80, 28 December 1907, Page 11
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