ind.

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A touch--A push--and out they fly
Into the starlight night;
No one must know
The way they go
They cover up their flight.

And though their laughing faces tell
How they enjoy the fun,
No sound they make,
But quickly take
Unto their heels and run.

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Nor stop until they reach a field,
And find a lovely slide;
No fear has Peg,
But Meg and Weg
Cling screaming as they glide.

The "Golliwogg" with flying hair,
Takes the first lead you see,
Nor minds at all
The "Midget" small,
Her arms outstretched in glee.

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The sliders never dreamed of harm,
They sailed like ships at sea;
'Twas Meg and Weg,
Who Tripped up Peg,
And brought to grief their spree.

The wrong man often gets the blame
'Twas just so in this case,
And balls of snow
They madly throw
At "Golliwogg's" kind face.

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He catches one in either eye,
And then turns tail to run;
The steady aim
Of Sarah Jane
Grows very serious fun.

He does not like the way girls act,
For five to one's not fair;
There's no escape
One hits his nape,
Another strikes his hair.

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"Vengeance!" he cries, "I'll pay them out!
If girls will play with boys,
There's got be
Equality,
So here's for equipoise!"

And then some monster balls he makes,
He does not spare the snow
And as each back
Receives a whack,
Like ninepins down they go.

In life we have our "ups" and "downs",
These dolls enjoyed the same;
Though down went Weg,
Don't think, I beg,
'Twas due to Sarah Jane.

You see the sled was pretty full,
The hill was rather steep;
Weg was to steer
But in her fear
She took a backward leap.

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Anon all reached the valley safe,
And skating longed to try;
The ice seemed good,
As each one stood
Upon the bank hard by.

While "Golliwogg" with cautious steps,
Toward the middle skates;
They hear a crack!
They cry, "come back
To your devoted mates!"

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Too late! alas their call is vain!
He swiftly disappears!
His kind forethought
Is dearly bought,
It melts them unto tears.

But sturdy Peg is quick to act,
She gives an order