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Five Little Chickens
Said the first little chicken, With a queer little squirm, “Oh, I wish I could find A fat little worm!” Said the next little chicken, With an odd little shrug, “Oh, I wish I could find A fat little bug!” Said the third little chicken, With a sharp little squeal, Five Little Chickens [] “Oh, I wish I could find Some nice yellow meal!” Said the fourth little chicken, With a faint little moan,...
If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain. If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking [Illustration by Anup Singh]
The Lily Pool
The Lily Pool [] We have a little lily pool With lilies pink and white And though they look so fresh by day They mostly bloom at night The leaves are round and dusky green With an edge that often curls And when there’s water on the leaves They look like drops of pearls Come and see our lily pool And sit there – like I do See the lilies blooming bright...
The Three Kittens
The white cat said, ‘I’m fair as snow’ The black cat said, ‘I shine!’ The tabby said, ‘well, that’s alright But the bowl of cream is MINE!’ The black cat said, ‘I’m warm as wool’ The white said, ‘I’m like silk!’ The tabby said, ‘say what you will, I’m off to drink that milk!’ The Three Kittens [Illustration by Sudheer Nath] (C) Swapna Dutta
If
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream-and not make dreams your master;...
Take me Too
Oh camel with a humpy back Do take me for a ride You’re so strong! For don’t you cross The sandy desert wide? Take me too when you go next For I would love to see The desert and an oasis Which are unknown to me! Take me Too [Illustration by Sudheer Nath] (C) Swapna Dutta
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