title: The Limerick Trick
author:  Scott Corbett 
description: Copyright 1964, 1st edition, hardcover with dustjacket, ex-library, 103 pages with b/w illustrations througout. SYNOPSIS: "The prize for the best poem in the school is an English bicycle. Kerby askes old Mrs. Graymalkin for help. For all he can write are limericks and even she can't help him get rid of the rhymes." CONDITION: Glue residue from library cardholder/checkout sheet and stamps/notations inside. Dustjacket is enclosed in mylar overlay taped to cover. Pages have finger smudges. Lower edges are rubbed exposing board.<br>
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  ## 1
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Dana Barrett was having a hard time. She held two bags of groceries with one
  hand and was pushing her son's baby carriage with the other. Oscar, the baby,
  was being fussy. People who passed her on the street stared at her because her
  baby was crying. Nobody offered to help her.
  
  
  
  
  
  One grocery bag slipped out of her hand and landed on the sidewalk. Her eggs
  were smashed. Her marshmallows got covered with muddy slush. An apple rolled
  into the gutter. Before she could finish picking up the mess, she felt a
  rumbling beneath her — like a subway. But there was no subway under this
  sidewalk.
  
  
  
  
  
  Oscar's carriage began to shake. At first it was just a little wobble, then it
  became more violent. Suddenly the carriage lurched and started rolling away.
  Uphill!
  
  
  
  
  
  Dana chased after her baby, but the carriage kept going faster and faster. It
  sped past many other people, and nobody made the slightest effort to stop it.
  Dana couldn't believe how rude and selfish peop