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THOMAS ALVA EDISON
Thomas Alva Edison,
A most unusual boy,
Never really bothered much
With any childish toy.
His teacher thought he couldn’t learn
And sent him home from school,
But Tommy’s mother knew for sure
He wasn’t any fool.
He worked as newsboy on a train,
He learnt to telegraph.
The way he concentrated
Made some people laugh.
Thomas Alva Edison
Had inventions by the score.
In his laboratory
He kept inventing more.
The phonograph, electric light
(With fuses sockets too),
A super storage battery,
And movies, were a few.
If not for Mr. Edison
How dull our lives would be!
We might not have the radio,
The X-ray, or TV.
Vivian Gouled
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