clothes;
An' when my Pa comes home to tea,
She loves him most as much as me.

She laughs an' tells him all I said,
An' grabs me up an' pats my head;
An' I hug _her_, an' hug my Pa,
An' love him purt' nigh much as Ma.

James Whitcomb Riley.

[Footnote 11: _From "Rhymes of Childhood," copyright, 1905, and by
special permission of the publishers, The Bobbs-Merrill Company._]

_Our Mother_

Hundreds of stars in the pretty sky,
Hundreds of shells on the shore together,
Hundreds of birds that go singing by,
Hundreds of birds in the sunny weather,

Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn,
Hundreds of bees in the purple clover,
Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn,
But only one mother the wide world over.

Unknown.

Said I to myself, here's a chance for me,
The Lilliput Laureate for to be!
And these are the Specimens I sent in
To Pinafore Palace. Shall I win?

William Brighty Rands.

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INDEX

A BOY'S MOTHER, 238

A cat came fiddling, 55

A CRADLE SONG, 233

A DEWDROP, 129

A farmer went trotting, 23

A HAPPY CHILD, 121

A little boy and a little girl, 77

A little boy once played so loud, 178

A LITTLE BOY'S POCKET, 180

A little fairy comes at night, 237

Although my clothes are fine and gay, 211

A meadow for the little lambs, 226

A MUSIC BOX, 211

A MYSTERY, 138

Angels at the foot, 219

ANNIE'S GARDEN, 134

A pocket handkerchief to hem, 214

A pool in a garden green, 149

A. APPLE PIE, 182

A PUPPY'S PROBLEM, 168

AROUND THE WORLD, 115

As I walked over the hill one day, 228

As I was going o'er Westminster bridge, 96

As I was going to St. Ives, 96

As I went through the garden gap, 95

As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, 94

As soft as silk, as white as milk, 95

As soon as the fire burns red and low, 234

A sunshiny shower, 102

A swarm of bees in May, 101

As the days grow longer, 102

As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks, 57

A TEA-PARTY, 114

A THOUGHT, 205

A WAS AN ANT, 190

A was an ant, 190

A was once an apple-pie, 182

Baa, baa, black sheep, 32

BABY-LAND, 231

Baby mustn't frown, 128

Baby wants a lullaby, 232

Baby wants his breakfast, 34

BABY'S BREAKFAST, 34

BABY'S FRIENDS, 29

BABY'S JOURNE