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Auntie's Skirts

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1885

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Four lines noticing the swish and trail of an aunt's dress moving through the house. It is small and precise, over almost as soon as it begins, which suits a very short attention span.

From A Child's Garden of Verses. See the whole collection.

Whenever Auntie moves around,
    Her dresses make a curious sound,
    They trail behind her up the floor,
    And trundle after through the door.

Public domain. Text from A Child's Garden of Verses (Robert Louis Stevenson, 1885), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition

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