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Oliver
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Oliver
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THE PETER PANALPHABET
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BOOKS BY OLIVER HERFORDWITH PICTURES BY THE AUTHOR
PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
THE BASHFUL EARTHQUAKE . . .$1.25A CHILD'S PRIMER OF NATURALHISTORY 1.25OVERHEARD IN A GARDEN .... 1.25MORE ANIMALS net, 1.00THE RUBAIYAT OF A PERSIANKITTEN net, 1.00THE FAIRY GODMOTHER-IN-LAW net, 1.00A LITTLE BOOK OF BORES . . . net, 1 .00THE PETER PAN ALPHABET net, 1.00
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THE PETER PANi
ALPHABETBy
OLIVER HERFORD
New YorkCHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1907
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COPYRIGHT 1907BY OLIVER HERFORD
PUBLISHED JANUARY 1907
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PROPERTY OF THE l 3f9*75^ *CITY OF NEW YORKA ROUND ROBIN 'V jTO
From His Humble and Devoted ServantsJ. M. BARRIE
s Humble and DevotedTHE ALPHABET
~The Lord forgive if we transgressThus to familiarly addressOne of our betters.But Jamie, do you no recallThe slate whereon you learned to scrawlYour Humble Letters ?Well we remember how you drewOur shapely features all askew,
Unflattering really.You made A lame and B too fatAnd C too curly what of that!We loved you dearly.From that first day we owned your spell,And just because you used us wellWe served you blindly.Why, even when you put us throughA fearsome Scottish Reel, we knewYou meant it kindly.Jamie, 'tis said Grand Tales there be
^t your golden net.e grandest yet
In store for you.
Jamie, ns said Lrand 1j
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cM is for MichaelJVl is for Michael ssssh ! whisper
it low !In Pirate Circles he's called Blackbeard
Joe!
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is for Napoleon andNanaIN is Napoleon Mystic ProfoundAnd N is for Nana the Noble Nurse
HoundTwo wonderful natures each great
in his way,One's dead and the other is "Having
his Day"
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O's for Odds-fish !!'s for Odds-fish the Pirate's Oath.
To print such a word, Gentle Reader,I'm loth.
And should You be guilty of languageso low,
1 should have to stop calling you" Gentle," you know.
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is for PeterI is for Peter, and so are we all,May he ever keep young and hisShadow stay Small.Yet I think 'tis a pity the White House
is Bann'd.As President, Peter would simply beGrand !
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Quiverv^/ is the Quiver from which Tootles
drewThe Arrow that nearly pierced poorWendy through.'Twas Peter's Kiss Button that
stopped it Ah me!If Kisses
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5 for the RedskinsIv s for the Redskins, who Guarded
the Cave.What a Treat to see " Injuns " sit up
and Behave !
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S is the Shadowis the Shadow tho' not of much
use,You'd surely be Sorry if Yours Should
get loose.So See to your Shadow be sure its
on tight,When Peter lost his he was in a sad
plight.
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T is for Tinker BellPoor Tinker Bell's dying, Quick! say
you BelieveIn Fairies, that Tinker New Life may
receive
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U is the UndergroundHomeU 's the underground home mid the
roots of the trees,Where when not slaying Pirates, the
boys take their ease.While Wendy sits mending their shirt-
waists and hose,And the Redskins above Keep watch
against foes.
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is the VerseV's the Vile Verse that the Pirate
BawledIt was not his language so much that
appalled,Nor the Tune nor his Voice which
was Raucus and Deep'Twas the
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W's WolvesVv 's wolves 'Tis said they will flyIf you look through your legs at them
straight in the eye.That's how the Boys did it, but if I
were you,I'd experiment first on a wolf in the
Zoo.
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X is the X Ray-A. is the X Ray by whose light
alone,This last fleeting picture of Hook may
be shown.
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Y is for YouthY is for Youth to which Peter clung,But where is the land where he learned
to Stay Young ?Ask Peter, he'll tell you, Geography
scorning," Second Turn to the Right and keep
straight on till Morning "
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Z is the Zebrais the Zebra the Boys didn't meet,
But without which no Alphabet'sreally complete.
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