Potter, Miriam Clark, 1886-1965, Balcom, Sophia T · New York : E.P. Dutton & Co. · leaf 59
The baby would float to theceiling. BOBBY BALLOON FOOTMake a cooky alphabet, said Hootitoot, andhave him swallow it. So Bobbys mother cut out A and B and all the let-ters in cooky dough, very small. She baked them, andafter Bobby had swallowed the A and the B and theC he could say cab and dab and… … THE WORLDS BIRTHDAY THE world woke up, and brushed the cloudsfrom off her sleepy head;My birthday, its my birthday, the old world said;*Torty million years am I, and when Im wide awake.Forty million stars shall shine, upon my birthdaycake. And so she asked the winds to tell, and how they flew…
Children's poetry, American
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