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CORNER-OF-THE-STREET 1
BUCKINGHAM PALACE 2
HAPPINESS 4
THE CHRISTENING 5
PUPPY AND I 6
TWINKLETOES 9
THE FOUR FRIENDS 10
LINES AND SQUARES 12
BROWNIE 14
INDEPENDENCE 15
NURSERY CHAIRS 16
MARKET SQUARE 21
DAFFODOWNDILLY 28
WATER-LILIES 29
DISOBEDIENCE 30
SPRING MORNING 34
THE ISLAND 36
THE THREE FOXES 38
POLITENESS 41
JONATHAN JO 43
AT THE ZOO 46
RICE PUDDING 48
THE WRONG HOUSE 49
MISSING 52
THE KING’S BREAKFAST 55
HOPPITY 60
AT HOME 62
SUMMER AFTERNOON 65
THE DORMOUSE AND THE DOCTOR 66
SHOES AND STOCKINGS 71
SAND-BETWEEN-THE-TOES 73
KNIGHTS AND LADIES 75
LITTLE BO-PEEP AND LITTLE BOY-BLUE 76
THE MIRROR 79
HALFWAY DOWN 81
THE INVADERS 82
BEFORE TEA 83
TEDDY BEAR 85
BAD SIR BRIAN BOTANY 92
IN THE FASHION 95
THE ALCHEMIST 96
GROWING UP 97
IF I WERE KING 98
VESPERS[1] 99
[1: _This poem being in the Library of the Queen’s Dolls’ House,
is printed here by special permission._]
WHEN WE WERE
VERY YOUNG
[Illustration: Boy skipping followed by woman, with wind blowing leaves]