They elicit cheers and whispers
And a whole wide range of wows
All the sweaters, scarves and mittens
Knit by Nettie’s knitting brows.
Just above her right and left eye
Just below her straight-line bangs
Are the brows that clothe grandchildren
With the neatest knitted thangs.
Nettie’s brows move rather quickly
Knitting scarves as fast as blinking
She can’t see much while she’s knitting –
I know that’s what you were thinking.
Nettie doesn’t knit with needles
Her brows cannot get that grip
So it is quite the thing to see
Her brows knitting by toothpick.
These days Nettie’s getting older
And her brows are turning gray
But they still can knit a sweater
Tho it might take one more day.
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