CHILDREN’S VERSE.

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19429, 1 December 1934, Page 16 (Supplement)

CHILDREN’S VERSE.

BEATEN. The artist boasted proudly There's naught 1 cannot draw My patrons gather round me and ask for more and more. Then turning to a bottle to remove the cork he tried, But though lie pulled and pulled again, il still remained inside. And then lie sadly realised, in spile of all his talk, There was something that he could not draw —be could not draw a cork. A CHILD’S DREAM. i had a little dog, and my dog v.-as very small, He licked me in the face, and he answered to my call: Or all the treasures that were mine, 1 loved him most of all. His nose was fresh as morning dew, and blacker than the nigh; 1 (bought that lie could even snuff the "shadows and the light. And his tail he held go bravely, like a banner in a fight. Ilis body covered thick with hair was very good to smell; His little " stomach underneath was pink as any shell; Amt 1 loved him and 1 honoured him, ■ more than words can I oil. (Sent by Esther Boyd.)/

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MAKING THE BEST OF THE WEATHER. Whether Ihe weather be line, Or whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold, Or whether the weather be hot. We’ll weather the weather, Whatever the weather, Whether we like it or not. VISITING. As I walked down the path to-day I met a little mouse. He asked me would I care to call And see his little house. As he was really very small And seemed so very kind 1 lucked him up beneath my arm (Me 'didn’t seem to mind). He fold me just the way to 50 Might past the cherry tree, -Mu! out into the hayflelcl where His little house I’d see. I t looked so cosy, soft and warm, 1 longed to creep inside. I tried to make myself go small 1 Iritxi and fried and tried. But all in vain—l couldn’t shrink (And several (ears T shed); - - ■’-r Then Mr Mouse said “ Cheer up deaf* I’ll visil you instead.” And often when the house is still »| Behind my bedroom wall . I hear a little squeak and know YMy mouse has come to call. 4T*-