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The Clock
Traditional (Mother Goose) · 1916
Catalog grade guidance: K–5 — Time-telling rhyme.
10 content lines · 34 words · Est. recitation about 21 sec (approx.)
Public-domain text for reading and recitation practice. Source: Project Gutenberg #10607.Estimated time uses ~120 words/minute plus short pauses—not a contest rule.
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