!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Lines and Squares by A. A. Milne/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Lines and Squares/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 class=”author”>by A. A. Milne/h2> div id=”content”> p>Whenever I walk in a London street,br /> I’m ever so careful to watch my feet;br /> And I keep in the squares,br /> And the masses of bears,br /> Who wait at the corners all ready to eatbr /> The sillies who tread on the lines of the streetbr /> Go back to their lairs,br /> And I say to them, “Bears,br /> Just look how I’m walking in all the squares!”/p> p>And the little bears growl to each other, “He’s mine,br /> As soon as he’s silly and steps on a line.”br /> And some of the bigger bears try to pretendbr /> That they came round the corner to look for a friend;br /> And they try to pretend that nobody caresbr /> Whether you walk on the lines or squares.br /> But only the sillies believe their talk;br /> It’s ever so portant how you walk.br /> And it’s ever so jolly to call out, “Bears,br /> Just watch me walking in all the squares!”/p>/div> p>br /> br> /body> /html>

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