StoryTitle("caps", "Washington and his Hatchet") ?>
InitialWords(54, "It", "smallcaps", "nodropcap", "indent") ?>
was
Syllabify("Ar-bor", "Arbor") ?>
Day in the Syllabify("Mos-sy", "Mossy") ?>
Hill School, Johnny
Syllabify("Little-john", "Littlejohn") ?> had to
speak a piece that had
Syllabify("some-thing", "something") ?>
to do with trees. He thought it
would be a good plan to say Syllabify("some-thing", "something") ?>
about the little cherry tree
that Washington spoiled with his
Syllabify("hatch-et,", "hatchet,") ?>
when he was a little boy.
This is what he said:
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PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He had a hatchet—little George—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "A hatchet bright and new,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And sharp enough to cut a stick—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "A little stick—in two.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He hacked and whacked and whacked and hacked,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "This sturdy little man;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He hacked a log and hacked a fence,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "As round about he ran.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He hacked his father's cherry tree", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And made an ugly spot;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The bark was soft, the hatchet sharp,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And little George forgot.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "You know the rest. The father frowned", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And asked the reason why;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "You know the good old story runs", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "He could not tell a lie.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The boy that chopped that cherry tree", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Soon grew to be a youth;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "At work and books he hacked away,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And still he told the truth:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The youth became a famous man,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Above six feet in height,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And when he had good work to do", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "He hacked with all his might.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He fought the armies that the king", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Had sent across the sea;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He battled up and down the land", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "To set his country free.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For seven long years he hacked and whacked", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "With all his might and main", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Until the British sailed away", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And did not come again.", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
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