. St. Nicholas [serial]. WHEN THE HOLIDAYS ARE OVER. (AC >)• BY NANCY CABOT(AGE 8). The moon s like silver in the skies,And while upon her bed she liesThe sun comes up. He makes you wink;He wakes the roses and pink. When the maple leavesturn brown Then you see them flut-tering down. The snow is fallingthick and fast, The summers pleasantdays are past. In spring the sproutscome shooting up With tulips shaped justlike a SCHOOL ST Oh, mania! do comb out my hair for to-day; It s tangled and knotted clear through ;And I cant find the brush, and the baby wonthush,And I really dont know what
. St. Nicholas [serial]. WHEN THE HOLIDAYS ARE OVER. (AC >)• BY NANCY CABOT(AGE 8). The moon s like silver in the skies,And while upon her bed she liesThe sun comes up. He makes you wink;He wakes the roses and pink. When the maple leavesturn brown Then you see them flut-tering down. The snow is fallingthick and fast, The summers pleasantdays are past. In spring the sproutscome shooting up With tulips shaped justlike a SCHOOL ST Oh, mania! do comb out my hair for to-day; It s tangled and knotted clear through ;And I cant find the brush, and the baby wonthush,And I really dont know what to do!Oh, hurry up, Harry and Susan and Jane, And, John, you re as slow as a snail;I am going with Ned; I cant wait for Ted, And Jennie has misplaced her , there goes the bell, and we re half a block off!We 11 have to runawfully fast,Cause the teacher doeshate for a child to-be late,And I really dontwant to be last. THE TURKEY. BY MARGARET L. HESS(AGE 9). Once there were twolittle boys named Bryceand George. One daythey went in the or-chard. They heard a noise,and they looked inamong the bushes, andthey thought they wouldsee a snake; but justwhen they were gettingready to stone it thehead of a turkey poppedout. 28o ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. [Jan.
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