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PROSE ROUND

ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE THREE BUMS SETTING BY THE FIRE, AND ONE
BUM SAID TO THE OTHER BUM, "TELL ME A STORY." AND THE OTHER BUM
SAID, "OOOOOK," AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID. "ONCE UPON A TIME THERE
WERE THREE BUMS SETTING BY THE FIRE, AND ONE BUM SAID TO THE OTHER
BUM, "TELL ME A STORY." AND THE OTHER BUM SAID,"OOOOK," AND THIS
IS WHAT HE SAID..............

Submitter comment: LAURA LEARNED THIS STORY FROM HER FATHER, GEORGE SYLVAIN. BOTH
HE AND HIS BROTHER TOLD THIS STORY TO THEIR CHILDREN FOR AS LONG
AS THEY CAN REMEMBER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens

Subject headings: Favorites
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale

Date learned: 10-00-1981

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