LITTLE RHYMES FOR LITTLE PEOPLE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20503, 22 August 1936, Page 13

LITTLE RHYMES FOR LITTLE PEOPLE

TIME . . .

Time that is past, thou never canst recall; Of time to come thou art not sure at all. Time present only, is within thy power, And therefore, now improve the present hour. (Sent by Bruce Ferguson, Winchester). DO NOT BOAST Little Tommy Puppy Dog Said that he could kill All the little pussycats If he had the will. All the little pussycats, Sitting in a row. Saw puppy dog was bragging; Doggie said, “Bow-wow!” Doggie jumped on pussycats! Wasn’t there a fight! Doggie got the worst of it; Pussycats were right. (Sent by Shona Ferguson, Winchester).

MY SHADOW

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed. The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow— Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow; For he sometimes shoots up taller, like an India-rubber ball, And he sometimes gets so little that there’s none of him at all. He hasn’t got a notion of how children ought to play. And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way, He stays so close beside me, he’s a coward you can see; I’d think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me! One morning, very early, before the