STEEPLEJACKS HOBGOBLIN
HAVE you heard what has happened in Teddybear Town? The chimney had cracked, and was
dirty and brown, So they sent for the workman to clean
it again, With a rope, and a ladder as long as a lane. Hobgoblin steeple-jacks working night and day, Hammered it and rammered it with bricks and clay!
The steeple-jacks came with their pulleys and poles, And very soon filled up the cracks and the holes. There were some who brought buckets and brooms and picks, And ot'—-s who only brought ladder: to fix. Hobgoblin steeple-jacks working day and night, Plastered it and mastered it, and made all tight!
The one who was Foreman stood up on the top, And ordered the others to start or to stop; . While two little teddys were working the ropes, And pulling up buckets of soda and soap. Hobgoblin steeple-jacks all the day were seen, Scrubbing it and rubbing it till it was clean!
Before they had finished the rain had begun, And drenched were the little folk watching the fun. But Brownies don’t mind when they’re busy and gay, So they finished their sweeping and went for their pay. Hobgoblin steeple-jacks working in the rain, Whitened it and brightened it quite clean again! —S.B.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 283, 24 August 1940, Page 18
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