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“HE DOES N'T ‘CARE FOR DANCING.’”

II We ’ve seen the little girls go in, with smoothly shining hair, We ’ve seen the little boys, and marked their almost cheerful air; We hear the merry music, and the glowing lights we see, And where on earth, we ask of you, can Alexander be? III He is n't in the attic. nor behind the cellar door; He is n’t in the coal-bin, as he was the week before: He is n't in the clothes-press, as he was two weeks ago— Whatever has become of him, does anybody know?

“THOMAS JONES.”

IV

He does n't “care for dancing much,” he thinks it 's “meant for girls,”
He seems to have “too many feet” that trip him when he twirls;
His arms “get somehow in the way”—as evervbody owns—
But oh, we wish that he could dance as well as Thomas Jones!

“HE GRIMLY PIROUETTED ON ONE NEATLY SLIPPERED TOE.”