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I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me

Quote byRobert Louis Stevenson · 1850–1894

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Child's Garden of Verses (1885), My Shadow, st. 1..

English (original)

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

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