THE CHILD AND THE FAERIES

The woods are full of faeries!

The trees are all alive;

The river overflows with them,

See how they dip and dive!

What funny little fellows!

What dainty little dears!

They dance and leap, and prance and peep,

And utter fairy cheers!

I'd like to tame a fairy,

To keep it on a shelf,

And dress its little self.

I'd teach it pretty manners,

It always should say "please",

And then you know I'd make it sew,

And curtsey with its knees!