Lost Time
'TIMOTHY took his time to school, Plenty of time he took: But some he lost in the tadpole pool, And some in tho stickle-back brook. Ever so much in the linnet's nest, And more on tho five-barred gate— Timothy took his time to school, But he lost it all and was late. Timothy has a lot to do — How shall it all be done? Why, he never got homo till close on two, Though he might have been back by one. There's sums, and writing and spelling, too, And an apple tree to climb. Timothy has a lot to do — How shall he find the time? Timothy sought it high and low: He looked in the tadpole pool To see if they'd taken the time to grow That he lost on tho way to school. Ho found the nest, and he found the tree, And he found the gate he'd crossed, But Timothy never shall find (ah mo!) Tho time that Timothy lost. —Ffrida Wolfe
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22670, 6 March 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)
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167Lost Time New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22670, 6 March 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)
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