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 "title": "A Rabbit Story",
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 "poet": "James McIntyre",
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 "language": "en",
 "book": "Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames",
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  "year": 1884,
  "venue": "Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884)",
  "note": "First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established.",
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  "sources": [
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   "https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36068",
   "https://archive.org/details/cihm_11791"
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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  "level": "structural-only",
  "last_checked": "2026-08-20"
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    "text": "Our friend, Mr. Romley,",
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   {
    "text": "He told the tale homley,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And yet full of fun,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "How the Rabbits did run,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "In numbers a score,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "All around his door.",
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   {
    "text": "They were red, black and white,",
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   {
    "text": "Their play folks did delight;",
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   },
   {
    "text": "But they got small by degrees,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "For the cats did them seise⁠—",
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   },
   {
    "text": "All but one big black Rabbit,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "He got into the habit",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Under ground he would dive⁠—",
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   },
   {
    "text": "He long time did survive,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "’Till owner, wanting fat pot,",
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   {
    "text": "He this great beast then shot.",
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    "text": "When police heard the gun,",
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   {
    "text": "Full quickly he did run,",
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    "text": "In a furious rage;",
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    "text": "But his wrath did as‑uage",
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    "text": "When he got a quarter",
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   {
    "text": "Of the last martyr.",
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