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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.
      [(_`"-._(((((((    ))))))--"`_) ]
      [  )   (((( ,_     _, ))))  (   ]  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.
     | |'\.'"..'...."'"'..'...'.'.'.'.'..'.\
     | |.'\.''.'...'''"'..'..'.'.'.'..'. 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.
     | |'.'.' .\'".'.-".'.''".''.-'".'.'.'.".'.'.'.\
     \ |.'.'." .\".'.'-'.'".'..'.'.'.'.' 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?
                     \'.'.|.'.'.-'.'.'.".'..'".'.'.".'.'.".'"..|
                      \'.'|'.'.".'.'..'. 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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