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| Five little ducks Went out one day | |
| Over the hill and far away | |
| Mother duck said "Quack, quack, quack, quack." | |
| But only four little ducks came back. | |
| Four little ducks Went out one day | |
| Over the hill and far away | |
| Mother duck said "Quack, quack, quack, quack." | |
| But only three little ducks came back. | |
| Three little ducks Went out one day | |
| Over the hill and far away | |
| Mother duck said | |
| "Quack, quack, quack, quack." | |
| But only two little ducks came back. | |
| Two little ducks Went out one day | |
| Over the hill and far away | |
| Mother duck said "Quack, quack, quack, quack." | |
| But only one little duck came back. | |
| One little duck Went out one day | |
| Over the hill and far away | |
| Mother duck said "Quack, quack, quack, quack." | |
| But none of the five little ducks came back. | |
| Sad mother duck Went out one day | |
| Over the hill and far away | |
| The sad mother duck said | |
| "Quack, quack, quack." | |
| And all of the five little ducks came back. | |
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