The Little Boy Who Could

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One day,

There was a little boy,

He had no name,

He had no friends,

He had no talents,

He went along, merely existing,

Till one day,

He decided he wanted to,

So he tried,

But he found he couldn't,

So he gave up with that thing,

And tried another

The little boy tried many things,

He tried this,

He tried that,

He tried forty-seven and a quarter things,

Before he decided he simply couldn't,

For anything he tried,

He found he simply couldn't,

So the little boy stopped trying,

And went back to merely existing.

The little boy found he was quite good at just existing,

So with a smile,

The little boy found he could.

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