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Independence

by A. A. Milne
From When We Were Very Young (1924)

I never did, I never did, I never did like “Now take care, dear!”
  I never did, I never did, I never did want “Hold-my-hand”;
I never did, I never did, I never did think much of “Not up there,
      dear!”
  It’s no good saying it. They don’t understand.

This poem is in the public domain. Source text: Project Gutenberg.

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