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St. Nicholas/Volume 41/Number 2/The First Letter

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illustrated by Louise Perrett

3840400St. Nicholas — The First LetterNora Bennett

We ’ve dipped the pen into the ink;:
Now hald your hand just so.
And first we ’ll make a big round “S,”
To start the word, you know.

And then a little “a” comes next,
An “n,”, a “t” and “a”—
Perhaps, if we try very hard,
We 'll finish it to-day.