Children's Literature / A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Papyras Classics

← Children's Literature / A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes

Chapter 34

46

44

I have a little sister, they call her peep, peep;
She wades the waters deep, deep, deep;
She climbs the mountains high, high, high;
Poor little creature, she has but one eye.

(A star.)

45

I'll tell you a story
Of Jack-a-Nory,
And now my story's begun.
I'll tell you another
About Jack's brother,
And now my story is done.

In marble walls as white as milk,
Lined with a skin as soft as silk;
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold,
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.

(An egg.)