James Whitcomb Riley - The Runaway Boy

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Wunst I sassed my Pa, an' he Won't stand that, an' punished me, Nen when he was gone that day, I slipped out an' runned away. I tooked all my copper-cents, An' clumbed over our back fence In the jimpson-weeds 'at growed Ever'where all down the road. Nen I got out there, an' nen I runned some an' runned again When I met a man 'at led A big cow 'at shooked her head. I went down a long, long lane Where was little pigs a-play'n'; An' a grea'-big pig went 'Booh!' An' jumped up, an' skeered me too. Nen I scampered past, an' they Was somebody hollered 'Hey!' An' I ist looked ever'where, An' they was nobody there. I _Want_ to, but I'm 'fraid to try To go back.... An' by-an'-by Somepin' hurts my throat inside An' I want my Ma an' cried. Nen a grea'-big girl come through Where's a gate, an' telled me who Am I? an' ef I tell where My home's at she'll show me there. But I couldn't ist but tell What's my _name_; an' she says well, An' she tooked me up an' says _She_ know where I live, she guess. Nen she telled me hug wite close Round her neck! an' off she goes Skippin' up the street! An' nen Purty soon I'm home again. An' my Ma, when she kissed me, Kissed the _big girl_ too, an' _she_ Kissed me ef I p'omise _shore_ I won't run away no more! James Whitcomb Riley poemhunter.com/poem/the-runaway-boy/