ANIMAL RHYMES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21090, 16 July 1938, Page 2 (Supplement)

ANIMAL RHYMES

Here are the farm-yard folk, can you find them? If they bark and baa at you don’t mind them. First, there's Bob, who says’ “bowwow”; Then dear old Brown Eyes the Who is always half asleep. And the timid woolly Sleepy, furry, old and fat? Yes, he's Tom the kitchen ; There’s the pet that makes me laugh, Lanky Caroline, the And her friend who’s not so big; Greedy Curly-Tail, the And, big, black,—and strong, of course, Ah! You’ve guessed Old Ned, the THE SEASONS OF THE YEAR Winter is here with its frost and snow; The cold hard winds around me blow; No more we’ll hear the birdies sing Until the first glad signs of Spring; Then the bulbs will stir from rest, Each one doing its very best To make the earth more bright and gay And banish Winter right away. The trees will don their dresses green, Birds will build their nests unseen; But lovely Spring too soon must pass, And Summer warm will come at last; Then hear the children’s joyous shout As in the sea they swim about, Or lie upon the sand and rest— Oh, Summertime, I’m sure, is best. Then we’ll hear the reaper gay As in the fields he toils away— The rosy apples on laden trees, And glorious tint of Autumn leaves. So through life we all must go, And seasons come and seasons go. (5 Marks to Ray Hardie, Willowbridge.) THE BOY WHO WAS LICKED Here is a letter said to have been received by a Southwark schoolmaster from the mother of one of his bright pupils: Please excuse John for being away yesterday. He played truant. But please don't lick him. The two boys he was with licked him; a lorry driver he hung on to licked him; a man who owned a dog he hit licked him; the greengrocer licked him )or taking an apple; I licked him when he came home, and his father licked him when he came home So you need not lick him this time. This amusing letter is quoted by the Rector of St. Peter’s. Walworth, in his parish magazine. —Children’s Newspaper.