There was once an old sailor my grandfather knew, Who had so many thin…

A. A. Milne
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There was once an old sailor my grandfather knew, Who had so many things which he wanted to do That, whenever he thought it was time to begin, He couldn't because of the state he was in. ✨ A. A. Milne (2011). Now We Are Six, p.45, Egmont UK
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