<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416800" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Katydids</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sometimes I keep<br>From going to sleep,<br>To hear the katydids 'cheep-cheep!'<br>And think they say<br>Their prayers that way;<br>But _katydids_ don't have to _pray_!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I listen when<br>They cheep again<br>And so, I think, they're _singing_ then!<br>But, no; I'm wrong,--<br>The sound's too long<br>And all-alike to be a song!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I think, 'Well, there!<br>I do declare,<br>If it is neither song nor prayer,<br>It's _talk_--and quite<br>Too vain and light<br>For me to listen to all night!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And so, I smile,<br>And think,--'Now I'll<br>Not listen for a little while!'--<br>Then, sweet and clear,<br>Next '_cheep_' I hear<br>'S a _kiss_.... Good morning, Mommy dear!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=James+Whitcomb+Riley">James Whitcomb Riley</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=416800" data-title="The Katydids de James Whitcomb Riley" data-description="Sometimes I keep From going to sleep, To hear the katydids 'cheep-cheep!' And think they say Their prayers that way; But _katydids_ don't have to _pray_! I listen when They cheep again And so, I think, they're _singing_ then! But, no; I'm wrong,-..."></div> </div> </div>

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