FAIRY FRILLY

 

Fairy Frilly for half an hour

Went to sleep in a poppy flower-

Went to sleep in her little green frock,

And the time of the ball was ten o'clock.

 

Quarter to ten and five to ten

Ticked from the dandelion clock again,

But Fairy Frilly was deaf to all,

And ten was the time of the fairy ball!

 

 Little west wend came by that way,

And he pulled off the petal where Frilly lay,

Pulled it off with the fairy on it,

And blew with a great big breath upon it.

 

Off sailed the petal,

Frilly and all-

And thats how she managed

to get to the ball.

--Florence Hoatson