CHILDREN’S VERSES.

Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18524, 2 January 1932, Page 13

CHILDREN’S VERSES.

PIXIES. (Sent Ivy “Indian Chief.” 6, Hamilton.) There once was a chicken Whose shell was so stout, Though lie tried very hard He could not get out. The fairies came by. And with many a pick They got him out safe, And they got him out quick. The chicken looked round, While the elves flew’ away, And they call fairies pixies Right down to this day. FOREIGN LANDS. (Sent by Billy Davie, 10, Frankton.) Up into the cherry tree, Who should climb but little me? I held the trunk with both my hands And looked abroad on foreign lands. I saw the next door garden lie, Adorned with flowers before my eye, And many pleasant places more, That I had never seen before.

NEW SHOES. My shoes arc very bright ancl new, They’re made of leather brown, f And give a fully squeak Each time my foot comes down. At least, I think it so, It’s quite a pleasant noise, It proudly cries lo all the world, “New shoes, here; did you know?" I simply love these little squeaks, I hope they’ll last for weeks and weeks. (Sent by Jane Blundell, 10, Tc Axvamutu.) MY BOOK. My book Is very kind indeed, As soon as I sit clown to read, It opens wide upon my knee, Just at the page I want to see. It’s strange 1 How can my book have guessed The story that 1 like the best? (Sent by Amy Smith, 11, Frankton).