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Little subject of the Czar

Tell us what your projects are.

"Oh, beneath the singing pine

I will build a palace fine

All of sparkling snow and ice,

Decked with many a rich device!

And I'll not be there alone,

For I'll build a royal throne,

And I'll make a Czar of snow

And trim courtiers bowing low,

On his head a crown he'll wear,

In his hand a sceptre bear!

Then a guard of snow I'll set,

With an icy bayonet,

At the door, to keep afar

All who plot against my Czar." —EDITH M. THOMAS