MY GARDEN

Southland Times, Issue 24574, 24 October 1941, Page 2

MY GARDEN

I’ve a tiny garden, so very neat and fair, With daffodils and crocus, and snowdrops growing there. And pale green sweet-pea plants, trying hard to grow, Struggling all the winter, against rain, hail and snow. —2 marks to Cousin Noeline Holloway V.A.C. (10), 397 Herbert street. SNOW Winter comes but once a year, For which we give three hearty cheers. It brings the snow so cold and white, And freezes our fingers and toes so tight. We make snowmen big and fat, ■ Cover his head with father’s old hat. | We also have good snowball fights, Which give us great delight. Till we’re very cold and sore, And can play with snow no more. Then to the fireside we quickly slide, Home again side by side. —3 marks to Cousin Veronica Wilson (15), 77 Forth street, Mataura. SPARROWS Oh! how the sparrows twitter and tweet about our door. We may as well not be here at all. The busy little brown fellows are as cheeky as can be, And they are not a bit afraid of you or me. They r have their nests to build, ready for cold stormy days, And they look down on human beings for our lazy ways. —2 marks to Cousin Gladys Laird (14), Coutts Road, Gore.