Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 39
ast As down the stem he speeds;He only cares to reach his home, The thorns he never heeds. And now along the ground he goes, His home is nearly won;But stay — what monstrous thing is here ? T is true his race is run. Something he saw that scared him so It stopped him in his race; —A speckled toad… … THE SOW Said the Mother, Children dear,I give yoii counsel, come and heai!You must be always so polite!You must be neat and cleanly, quite!You must not roll about the street,l^ov lie in all the puddles you meet! But as herself had always done.And as the Children saw her do; 22 FAVOURITES OF A…
Nursery rhymes
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