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	Laney reminded him of a song he usedto sing when their child was a baby. “It Is hard for me to formulate its

words in my mind. I just cannot seeni. to get them,“ he answered, “but I thought of this one the other night and promised myself I would. sing it for you sometime . t s Old Granny Mistletoe.

“Old Granny Mistletoe,
Lyin‘ in the bed.,
~	. Out the window
She poked her head.

“She says, ‘Old Man,
The gray goose‘s gone,
And I think I heard her holler,
			King-‘~cant~you-~O, King-eant-you-Ot‘


“The old. fox stepped around,
	~		 A mighty fast step.
			11e hung the old gray goose
			 “p by the neck.


“Her wings went flip-‘flop
			Over her back,
And her legs hung down.
			Ding-downy-O, ding-downy-O.


‘~The old fox marched
On to his den.
		~	Out corne hIs young ones, ~
			Some nin‘e or ten.


“Now we will have
			Some-supper-SO, s~ome-~summer~O.
Now we will have
			Some-supper-‘O, some-~supper-‘O.“


	“The only riddle I remember is the one about: ‘What

goes around the house, and just makes one track?‘ I believe they said it was a wheelbarrow. Mighty few people in that settlement

believed in such things as charms. They were too intelligent for that sort of thing.