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Time to Rise
Robert Louis Stevenson · 1885
Catalog grade guidance: K–5 — Short children’s lyric; good for early memorization and reading aloud.
6 content lines · 27 words · Est. recitation about 18 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.
Time to Rise
A birdie with a yellow bill
Hopped upon my window sill,
Cocked his shining eye and said:
"Ain't you 'shamed, you sleepy-head!"
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