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(_ _) "SICK" (_ _) I CANNOT GO TO SCHOOL TODAY
)( -by Shel Silverstein )( Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
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[____] __,--"""""""--,__ [____] "I have the measles and the mumps,
) ( _/ \_ ) ( A gash, a rash, and purple bumps.
\__/ / ((((((()))) \ \__/ My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
[ _]/ (((((((())))))) \[ ] I'm going blind in my right eye.
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[ ) (((( ,_ _, )))) ( ] My tonsils are as big as rocks,
[ / (() |*| |*| (() \ ] I've counted sixteen chicken pox.
[/ ()) ''' ''' ()) \ ] And there's one more-
( (() '' ^ '' (() )] ...that's seventeen!
[ ())'. C====O.'()) / ] And don't you think
[(\_/) (() '-._____.-' (()( ( ] ...my face looks green?
./o o\())____/ \____())____) .
:(= Y =)@-----'---`-----@--------: My leg is cut, my eyes are blue-
|/`----'/|\ /|\ \It might be instamatic flu.
|``________________________________ I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke
| |\'.'''.'''.".'.'".'..'".'.'.'."" I'm sure that my left leg is broke.
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| |.'\.''.'...'''"'..'..'.'.'.'..'. My hip hurts when I move my chin,
| |.'.\.'"..'.'."".'".'..'.'.".'.'. My belly button's caving in,
| |.'.'\'.".'.".'.".''.'".'.'".'.'. My back is wrenched,
| |.".'.\'.'..'.".'.'.-".'.'.'.- '.' ...my ankle's sprained,
| |.'.' .\'.'.''.''.''.''.'.'.''.'' My 'pendix pains each time it rains.
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\ |.'.'." .\".'.'-'.'".'..'.'.'.'.' My nose is cold, my toes are numb,
\|.'.'..".'\".'.''.'..".'.''-'''.' I have a sliver in my thumb.
\'.'.'.''.'\.'.''.'..'".'.'..'.'. My neck is stiff, my spine is weak.
\.'.'.'".'.\'.'".'.'.'".'.".".'. I hardly whisper when I speak.
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\'.'.'".".'\'.'.".'.-''".".'. My tongue is filling up my mouth,
\'.".'.'.".\'.'.'.'.".'.'.'. I think my hair is falling out.
\".'.".'.".\".'-".." .".'.' My elbow's bent- \
\'.".''.".'\".'.'." .'.' ". ...my spine ain't straight.
\".'.-'.".'\.'.'- .'.".'. My temperature is one-o-eight.
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\'.'.''.'|.".'.'..-'.'. My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,
\".'..".|".''.''.'.".' There is a hole inside my ear.
\'.".'.|".''..'.'.'.' I have a hangnail, and my heart is-
\".'.'|".-.'..'..-'.' ...WHAT?
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\'.'|'.'.".'.'..'. What's that? What's that you say?
\.'|".''.'-'.'.'. You say today is...Saturday?
\'|.-.'-'.-".'." G'bye, I'm going out to play!"
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