SOLOMON CROW'S CHRISTMAS POCKETS
His mother named him Solomon because, when he was a baby, he looked so wise; and then she called him Crow because he was so black. True, she got angry when the boys caught it up, but then it was too late. They knew more about crows than they did about Solomon, and the name suited.
His twin-brother, who died when he was a day old, his mother had called Grundy—just because, as she said, "Solomon an' Grundy...
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