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If A Mouse

Christina Rossetti

If a mouse could fly,
  Or if a crow could swim,
Or if a sprat could walk and talk,
  I’d like to be like him.

If a mouse could fly,
  He might fly away;
Or if a crow could swim,
  It might turn him grey;
Or if a sprat could walk and talk,
  What would he find to say?
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From Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book | 1893
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