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	       I like to lie and wait to see
My mother braid her hair.
 It is as long as it can be,
 And yet she doesn't care.
 I love my mother's hair.
 
 And then the way her fingers go;
 They look so quick and white,-
 In and out, and to and fro,
 And braiding in the light,
 And it is always right.
 
 So then she winds it, shiny brown,
 Around her head into a crown,
 Just like the day before.
 And then she looks and pats it down,
 And looks a minute more;
 While I stay here all still and cool.
 Oh, isn't morning beautiful?
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