<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416855" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Squirtgun Uncle Maked Me</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Uncle Sidney, when he wuz here,<br>Maked me a squirtgun out o' some<br>Elder-bushes 'at growed out near<br>Where wuz the brickyard--'way out clear<br>To where the toll-gate come!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So when we walked back home again,<br>He maked it, out in our woodhouse where<br>Wuz the old workbench, an' the old jack-plane,<br>An' the old 'pokeshave, an' the tools all lay'n'<br>Ist like he wants 'em there.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He sawed it first with the old hand-saw;<br>An' nen he peeled off the bark, an' got<br>Some glass an' scraped it; an' told 'bout Pa,<br>When _he_ wuz a boy an' fooled his Ma,<br>An' the whippin' 'at he caught.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nen Uncle Sidney, he took an' filed<br>A' old arn ramrod; an' one o' the ends<br>He screwed fast into the vise; an' smiled,<br>Thinkin', he said, o' when he wuz a child,<br>'Fore him an' Pa wuz mens.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He punched out the peth, an' nen he put<br>A plug in the end with a hole notched through;<br>Nen took the old drawey-knife an' cut<br>An' maked a handle 'at shoved clean shut<br>But ist where yer hand held to.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' he wropt th'uther end with some string an' white<br>Piece o' the sleeve of a' old tored shirt;<br>An' nen he showed me to hold it tight,<br>An' suck in the water an' work it right<br>An' it 'ud ist squirt an' squirt!</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=416855" data-title="The Squirtgun Uncle Maked Me de James Whitcomb Riley" data-description="Uncle Sidney, when he wuz here, Maked me a squirtgun out o' some Elder-bushes 'at growed out near Where wuz the brickyard--'way out clear To where the toll-gate come! So when we walked back home again, He maked it, out in our woodhouse where Wuz ..."></div> </div> </div>

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