WHAT KATIE DID

New Zealand Tablet, 4 November 1909, Page 1757

WHAT KATIE DID

' What have you done, dear children P ' The -mother gently said, As she kissed her white-robed babes at night And tucked them up in bed. ' What have you done through all this day To help some one along the way ? ' Then each one told of some kind deed — ' A loving word just, spoken,' Some sacrifice for others' wants Or gift of friendly token. But when 'twas Katie's turn to speak, A tear drop glistened on her cheek. ' I cannot think of anything So very good to-day,' She sadly said, ' only I helped A chicken find its way Back to its mother — that was all, But it was lost, and oh, so small 1 ' The children hid their smiles beneath Their bed's white coverlet; But mother kissed her Katie Just where the cheek was wet. 'Your part,' she said, 'you, too, have done; God is well pleased, my little one.'