Potter, Miriam Clark, 1886-1965, Balcom, Sophia T · New York : E.P. Dutton & Co. · leaf 68
pepper on therug. And at breakfast the eggs which you servedfrom the black frying pan had a great deal too muchsalt and pepper in therh. Please try and be morecareful.* I will, promised Minna. They could not hear Mr. Salt say to Mrs. Pepper,from the middle of the red table cloth: My dear,I do not… … THE TOY MY toy that stayed outdoors all nightUpon the garden walk,Could tell me many secret thingsIf only it could talk. It saw the moon rise, and the bats Go flying, mousie-wise;It looked and looked at all these things With yellow, glassy eyes. It saw the Lady Night ride past With rain-drops in…
Children's poetry, American
Internet Archive · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial91dodg-203-201.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial301dodg-97-81.webp)