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Grown-Up Talk

 Half-Past-Six and I were talking
In a very grown-up way;
We had got so tired with running
That we did not want to play.
"How do babies come, I wonder," He said, looking at the sky, "Does God mix the things together An' just make it-like a pie?" I was really not quite certain, But it sounded very nice; It was all that we could think of, Besides a book said "sugar and spice.
" Half-Past-Six said--He's so clever-- Cleverer than me, I mean.
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"I suppose God makes the black ones When the saucepan isn't clean.
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