Old-fashioned verse
This brief old-fashioned verse will give you an appropriate word.
My first is in father but not in dad
My second in lass and also lad
My third is in low but not in we
My last in life but not in be
If in my whole no one believes
For thirteen weeks I’ll give you leaves.
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FALL
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