<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384998" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Why I Went To The Foot</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Was ever a maiden so worried?<br>I’ll admit I am partial to Jim,<br>For Jimmie has promised to wed me<br>When I’m old enough to wed him.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But then I love teacher, too, dearly,<br>She’s always so lovely to me,<br>And she’s pretty and kind and sweet-tempered,<br>And gentle as gentle can be.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I wouldn’t for worlds hurt Jim’s feelings,<br>For he never would like me again—<br>But there was my dearest, sweet teacher,<br>And I’d die if my words gave her pain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Two plus two equals what?' was the problem.<br>And I knew teacher thought it made 'four';<br>But Jimmie said 'six,' and maintained it<br>As long as he stood on the floor.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And I saw I must soon choose between them,<br>For I was the next in the line.<br>Should I side with my teacher or Jimmie?<br>What a sad situation was mine!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And just as my heart with that problem<br>Of friendship was so sorely vexed<br>I was called on to answer the other,<br>For teacher had said, sharply, 'Next!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was then that the brilliant thought struck me,<br>That by compromise I could contrive<br>To hurt neither teacher nor Jimmie,<br>And that’s how I came to say 'five.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ellis+Parker+Butler">Ellis Parker Butler</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384998" data-title="Why I Went To The Foot de Ellis Parker Butler" data-description="Was ever a maiden so worried? I’ll admit I am partial to Jim, For Jimmie has promised to wed me When I’m old enough to wed him. But then I love teacher, too, dearly, She’s always so lovely to me, And she’s pretty and kind and sweet-temper..."></div> </div> </div>

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