Looking Forward

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1885

Catalog grade guidance: K–5 — Short children’s lyric; good for early memorization and reading aloud.

6 content lines · 30 words · Est. recitation about 19 sec (approx.)

Public-domain text for reading and recitation practice. Source: Project Gutenberg #136.Estimated time uses ~120 words/minute plus short pauses—not a contest rule.

Looking Forward

  When I am grown to man's estate
  I shall be very proud and great,
  And tell the other girls and boys
  Not to meddle with my toys.


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