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StoryTitle("caps", "Little Topknot") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(93, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Once a cock and some hens lived ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "in a farm yard. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "One little hen had a pretty topknot. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", " She was very proud of it. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So she strutted about by herself. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She wanted every one to see her topknot. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She would say, \"Cluck, cluck, cluck! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "See my pretty topknot.\" ", "") ?>
PagePoem(94, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "One day she looked over the fence. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Cluck, cluck, cluck!\" she said. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I am tired of this farm yard. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I want the world to see me. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I shall fly over the fence. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Cluck, cluck, cluck! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I want the world to see me.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The cock heard little Topknot. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He shook his comb and feathers, and said, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", " \"Go not there! go not there!\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "All the old hens said, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"Go-go-go! go not there! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Go not there! go not there!\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But little Topknot said, \"Cluck, cluck! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "I want the world to see me.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And she flew over the fence. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She felt very proud of herself. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So she strutted down the road. ", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
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PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Just then a hawk flew over her head. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He saw little Topknot all alone. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So he flew down ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and he caught her in his claws. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The cock saw the hawk, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and he cried as loud as he could, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", " \"Come, come, come and help! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Come and save Topknot.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The farmer heard the cock. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He came running out, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " and he frightened the hawk away. ", "") ?>
PagePoem(96, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The hawk let Topknot go, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " but he had her pretty topknot ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", " in his claws. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Little Topknot was glad to get away, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and she ran back to the barn yard. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Soon she began to strut about. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then the hens cried, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"Lost your topknot! Lost your topknot!\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then little Topknot began to cry, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"See, see, see how I look! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " See, see, see how I look!\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The cock came up to her. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He held his head very high and said, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"What did I tell you! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " What did I tell you!\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Now Topknot does not strut about, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " but she scratches for seeds. ", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", "— Swedish Folk Tale") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>