<h2><SPAN name="chap24"></SPAN>DANDELION</h2>
<p class="poem">
O Little soldier with the golden helmet,<br/>
What are you guarding on my lawn?<br/>
You with your green gun<br/>
And your yellow beard,<br/>
Why do you stand so stiff?<br/>
There is only the grass to fight!<br/></p>
<p class="left">
HILDA CONKLING</p>
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