THE FIRST BIRTHDAY.
Anthony John, is one to-day, I heard the flower fairies say; They’d weave a carpet for his feet Of growing grass- and blossoms sweet, The water-nymphs were busy, too, Painting the sea a brighter blue; And mermaids laid down grass and
conib To carry caskets fil/d with foam. The gay cloud-fairies said th.ey*d make A candle for,his birthday caklg Out of the sli-ining golden sun. But I said “No,” because you see It suddenly occurred to me IVhat dreadful mischief would be done r f lie should b'ow it out for fun, To show the world that he was one.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 7 August 1926, Page 18
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103THE FIRST BIRTHDAY. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 7 August 1926, Page 18
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