1. Baby, swing, swing
Dear little thing! thing
Happy as a king. king
2. Birdies, sing. sing
Sing on the wing. wing
Sweetest music bring. bring
3. It is spring. spring
Flower bells, ring. ring
Wide your fragrance fling. fling
4. “Spring, sweet spring!” spring
The children sing, sing
“It is lovely spring.” spring
Father, we caught a bat and an owl.
We caught them as we came home.
Grace says the owl looks like a cat.
The owl does look much like a cat.
Max says the bat looks like a rat.
I say it looks like a mouse.
Which does it look like, Father?
It looks very much like a mouse.
It looks like a rat too, Frank.
Father, tell about the owl and the bat.
Tell about Mr. Owl and Mrs. Bat.
[Illustration]
An owl said to a bat,
“Do you know the rat, Mrs. Bat?”
“No, I do not, Mr. Owl,” said the bat.
“Well, you look very much like the rat, Mrs. Bat.”
“Can the rat fly, Mr. Owl?”
“Oh no, a rat can not fly, Mrs. Bat.”
“But, you see, Mr. Owl, I can fly.”
“Do you know the cat, Mr. Owl?” said the bat.
“No, I do not, Mrs. Bat,” said the owl.
“Well, you look very much like the cat, Mr. Owl.”
“Can the cat fly, Mrs. Bat?”
“Oh no, a cat can not fly, Mr. Owl.”
“But you see, Mrs. Bat, I can fly.”
[Illustration]
Said the owl to the bat,
“What is that?”
“That’s the cat,” said the bat.
Said the owl to the bat,
“Do I look like that cat?”
“You do,” said the bat.
“Mr. Owl,” said the bat,
“What is that?”
“That’s the rat, Mrs. Bat.”
“Mr. Owl,” said the bat,
“Do I look like that rat?”
“You do, Mrs. Bat.”
Max, we are going to the orchard.
I know you will like the orchard.
The apple trees are so pretty.
They have flowers now.
The flowers are so sweet, too.
All the birds like the orchard.
I saw a nest there one day.
There were some little eggs in it.
Was it a chickadee’s nest, Alice?
No, it was not a chickadee’s nest.
I saw the bird fly to the nest.
I did not know what bird it was.
Here is the orchard, Max.
Let us get some flowers.
The apple trees have pretty flowers.
The apple flowers are red and white.
[Illustration]
Oh, how pretty the apple trees are!
Look at the bees on the flowers.
Do you know what the bees say?
Down in the flower,
Hear me, the bee,
Going, “Zee, zee, z-ee!”
Out of the flower,
I come. Hear me hum,
Going, “Zum, zum, z-um!”