ver stopped
Till he reached the great blue bay,
_Till he reached the great blue bay!_

Alas, with a swish
Came a mighty fish,
And swallowed him where he lay.
Now it's things like this
That never miss
Little frogs who don't obey,
_Little frogs who don't obey!_

Serious Omission

I know that there are dragons,
St. George's, Jason's, too,
And many modern dragons
With scales of green and blue;

But though I've been there many times
And carefully looked through,
I can't find a dragon
In the cages at the zoo!

Choice

If I had just one penny
On the Fourth of July,
Oh, what a problem it would be
To think what I should buy!

With lollypops and fire-works,
With cakes and whiz-bangs, too,
With tops and candy cigarettes,
Whatever should I do?

Torpedoes have a splendid noise,
But noise is quickly past,
And the sweetness of a lollypop
Is something that will last.

Natural Fireworks

The fireflies in the valley
Are having their display
Among the river willows
Like little bits of day!

Come, light your silver sparkler
And wave it in the air.
Go dance among the willows
And sprinkle sparkles there.

Then, oh, the world will wonder
To see the willows shine,
And even the fireflies will not know
Their tiny sparks from mine.

Conspiracy

The sun has a face that is laughing and red
When nurse pulls me out in the morning from bed;
But he's not half so sly as the silly old moon,
Who winks when I'm sent to my bedroom too soon.

Cuckoo Clock

The cuckoo in the clock by day
Is usually very gay;
And that's because, with people near,
There's not a thing for him to fear;

But when the sitting room is dim
And no one's there to welcome him--
How tremblingly he must come out
To flap his wings and look about.

Why! Only just the other night
The cuckoo stopped the clock from fright!

The Sentinel

I'm only a little toy dough-boy,
And I have neither sorrows nor fears;
But I patiently wait,
With my gun pointed straight
And my helmet pulled down on my ears.

The ugly wood lions and tigers
May show their white teeth if they pl