WOOD FAIRIES.
• . There are-fairies in the wood, . • Though' nurse , says' No, For •IV heard them where I stood- ; Sing soft-and low,;, ■ ,- v -' . In the dells they chattered, long, • Though tKey hid the. leaves-among, , , And I often hear their song, ' Just'when',l! go.";' ■ ,\-. -How l/wish that T could; stay . - Just :where'l stood' ' " iAfter nurse; had gone away You know for good: • . Nurse.is careless as may be; •'■ ' • Oil, .1-wish she'd:mislay me!, ■ There'are lots of things to j , Within. the wood. - Like .a little , mouse/1 stood, . . ) ■ So 'stremely still, ... That the fairies in the wood ' ' Crept down the hill; I coula hear them moving plain, ■■ Just a patter like,the'rain, ■ : Whon my -nurse' came' back- again, • " Just-'like'she-.will!'" • Nurse must always look for mo. Just when I know A That the fairies soon .'with glee ■ Themselves : will"show; For I hear a sound,like wings, . Very soft -like; mother eirigs— ' • nurse .the mailciirt,brings, And I've '.tp go! ■" v •
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 41, 12 November 1907, Page 3
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150WOOD FAIRIES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 41, 12 November 1907, Page 3
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