"IF."
If all tho lads and lasses should remember for a day _ . To do their errands and their tasks as surely as their play, Should hang their hats arid jackets np. And put away their toys, Should remember that the garden is the place to make a noiseWhy, what a pleasant world for mothers this would be! How very many happy mother faces we should see! For children don't remember, as everybody knows, But, if children should—why—just supposo! If all tho children's mothers turned forgetful in a day, If, instead of taking care of toys, they threw them all away. -Forgot to bake the cookies, and forgot the tales to tell, . Forgot to kiss tho aching bumps and make tho bruises well. Why, what a dreary world for children this would be, How very many melancholy littls folk we'd see! For mothers all remember, as everybody knows, But, if molhera shouldn't —why—just suppose! —Jim Middleton, Buckland;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20560, 10 May 1930, Page 4 (Supplement)
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