Garden of Verses

Matamata Record, Volume XVIII, Issue 1626, 9 May 1935, Page 3

Garden of Verses

WHAT CAN A LITTLE CHAP DO? What can a little chap do for his country and for you ? What can a little chap do? He can fight like a knight for the truth— That’s one good thing he can do. He can shun all that’s mean— He can keep himself clean— That’s another good thing he can do. J LULLABY When little folk answer the magical - call To meet at the grove for the Fairy Queen’s ball Their fairy babies they gently take (Quietly, softly, lest they wake) And place them in a cosy nest— Perhaps a bluebell’s cup—for rest. Anfi . there they rock, to the breeze's r sigh;'"' r " v ' . With the music of fairies for lullaby— Over the glade it gently comes, With fairy dreams for the little ones. ; THE TEA-TREE OF MURIWAI O little bunch of tea-tree, What memories you bring ! What memories of Muriwai— Of Muriwai in spring! Of mist-encircled hilltops, Of sturdy folk and plain; And oh ! They are my own friends, That I would see again. In this small bunch of tea-tree Loved faces I can see — Fond memories of Muriwan— Of Muriwai by the sea. HIAWATHA Then lagoo, the great boaster, He, the marvellous story-teller, He, the traveller and the talker, He, the friend of old Nokomis, Made a bow for Hiawatha. From a branch of ash he made it. From an oak bough made the arrow, Tipped with flint and winged with feather, And the cord he made of deer skin.* Then he said to Hiawatha, “ Go, my son, unto the forest, Where the red deer . herd together. Kill for us a famous roebuck— Kill for us a deer with antlers.” RIDDLES What trade is the sun? —A tanner. If a tree were to break a window what would the window say?— Tre(e)-mend-(o)us. What most irritates a farmer? — Treading on his corn. Why ought photographers to oe very strong men ?—Because they are always developing. VANISHING HALF-CROWN For this trick you must have a secret' helper in the audience. Place a half-crown on the palm of your left hand and cover it with a handkerchief. ' Inform the audience that | you are about to make it disappear, | but they are wanted to make sure I that it is in your hand first. Walk | among the audience, asking them to feel under the handkerchief and 1 verify that the half-crown is still ! there. Last of all you go to your helper, who quietly removes the half-crown. You then throw off the handkerchief and show that the coin has disappeared. The half-crown is brought back by the same method.