 | Rhymes and jingles by Mary Mapes Dodge |  |
11
Let's Play
Last summer, on a cloudy dayI heard two youngsters plan their play:
WILLIE:
“Let's play that you're a lion,
And I'm a little chap
You, fierce and strong, a-watching,
I, going to take a nap.
And when I've shut my eyes, Ben,
You'll steal close up to me—”
BEN:
‘And as to what will happen next
Why just you wait and see!”
This settled, Ben stole, crouching,
Into a “thicket deep,”
Ready to spring when Willie
Should “play he was asleep.”
Into a “thicket deep,”
Ready to spring when Willie
Should “play he was asleep.”
When, suddenly, with livid gleam,
A roar of thunder broke,
And Willie, terrified, sprang up,—
Indignant at the joke.
A roar of thunder broke,
And Willie, terrified, sprang up,—
Indignant at the joke.
“You shouldn't flash your eyes like that!
You shouldn't roar and bawl!—”
And, to this day, poor Willie thinks
The “lion” did it all!
You shouldn't roar and bawl!—”
And, to this day, poor Willie thinks
The “lion” did it all!
| Rhymes and jingles by Mary Mapes Dodge | |