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LITTLE soldier with the golden helmet,

O What are you guarding on my lawn?

You with your green gun

And your yellow beard,

Why do you stand so stiff?

There is only the grass to fight!

+ Hilda Conkling

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A big SALT thank you to the fantabulous Holly Wolsey Soper for submitting this gorgeous image via "a thousand words."