A NEW SONG
The two gentlemen have gone back to their respective countries.
Now once again Philippe and Rose sit in the market place of Brussels.
Once again the little boy sells his mother's vegetables, while the
pretty baby sings to the passers-by.
There is also another child. That other is Zelie, who now lives with
them. There is no more sadness in her eyes now.
But Philippe has changed. He has at last had the adventures about which
he has read and dreamed so much. And he is glad that they are over.
The Belgian people say that there is no place like home, and Philippe
now agrees with them.
[Illustration: "IN A NOOK WITH A BOOK"]
He has made up a new song. He has used the old Belgian saying, "East,
west, home's best," for that song. Listen! Philippe and Rose and Zelie
are singing it now:
"Winds blow,
Rivers flow,
Time flies and days go.
Storms sweep,
Shadows creep,
Stars shoot and fires leap.
Things sprout
All about,
Folks dash in and out.
Roads wind,
Leave behind
Us three, peace to find.
Philippe will
Sit still;
Never more seek a thrill.
Zelie knows,
So does Rose,
Philippe would rather doze
In a nook
With a book;
Some day be a cook.
All may go
To and fro,
Here, there, high and low,
But we rest
In our nest,
For east, west, home's best!"
[Illustration: "SOME DAY BE A COOK"]
PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY
Antwerp ănt'wẽrp
Bruges brōō'jĕz
Brabançonne brȧ-bän-sōn'
Brugère brü zhâr'
Charleroi shär-lĕ-roi'
Choux shōō
Choux fleur shōō flûr
Courtrai kōōr-trĕ'
Dinant dē-nän'
Emile ā-mēl'
Emile Epinard ā-mēl' ā-pē-när'
Ghent gĕnt
Grande Place grän pläs
Meuse mūz
Mons môns
Namur n[.a]-mür'
Ostend ŏst-ĕnd'
Pomme pōm
Petit choux de Bruxelles pĕ-tē' shōō de brük-sel'
Sambre sän'-br
Tournai tōōr-nĕ'
Trompke trŏmp'-ky
Yvelle ē-vĕl'
Transcriber's Notes:
The author wrote "Brabanconne" but as this causes the word to be
pronounced wrongly, this was changed to "Brabançonne".
Philippe was printed once as "Philipp" (p. 89, "Philipp shook his
head"), and this has been corrected to "Philippe".
The illustrations have been relocated to better match the flow of the
text.
End of Project Gutenberg's Little Philippe of Belgium, by Madeline Brandeis