BIRTHDAY CAKE. What can this be which cook has placed here ?It seems like a cake, but oh! how queer!Though the frosting looks white and sweet and nice,Yet on its top are six little black mice. One for an infant, in dresses white, One for a babe with blue eyes bright; One for a child with golden…
Children's poetry · Picture books for children
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