Margery Hart can tell the most wonderful rhymes. Do you like the three that Diddily has put here and at Smile Time on Seligor's Castle

 A SMILE A DAY - FAIRIES                Share



Fairy Rings

Elfins, gnomes and fairies dance
In the moonlit wood,
You might see them just by chance -
Catch them if you could!

Out they trip at set of sun
And shake their sparkling wings,
Then they dance there just for fun
Round the Fairy Rings.
                                                            by the lovely Margery Hart

                    Fairies
           But only for the children who believe in them!

"Fairies! What are they ?"  - Somebody sings -
"Are they dainty creatures with gauzy wings,
All night they dance in a merry band
In a beautiful place called Fairyland."

"Fairies ! What are they ?" - Somebody sings -
"They are dear, kind hearted, mischievous things
That fly round our beds when the white moon gleams
And under our pillow they stuff sweet dreams !"

" Fairies ! What do they do then ?" - She sings -
They hover around us on gossamer wings,
They flit to the nursery when we're in bed
And tidy our books, or our toys instead."

" Fairies ! What are they ?" - Somebody sings -
"Invisible, graceful and wonderful things;
If, at night, you sit by the fire's red glow
You will hear the call of the elves, you know."

"Fairies ! What else do they do ?"  - She cries -
"They make us happy, they make us wise,
And no one in all the wide world through
Knows half of the wonderful things they do !"

THE WISE ELF'S SONGTO JUNE

Now little elves don't run away
Before my song I've sung,
Just listen now to what I say
And don't forget you're young !

Please help the frogs that in the sun
Get tangled in the reeds,
For everything and everyone
Do good and kindly deeds.


                                                   And help the little birds that oft
Come tumbling  from their nest,
And clamber with them up aloft
And put them back to rest.

And when it's getting nearly light
Just linger ere you pass
To tidy up the cobwebs bright
From off the dewy grass.

And when the white-tailed rabbits there
At twilight chase and run,
Just give them warning to BEWARE !
If you have heard a gun.

Now if you follow all I say
And do your best for me,
                                                              And help each other and obey,
                                                            What pattern Elves you'll be !

The last of our little rhymes from Margery Hart
Weren't they lovely. We shall have some more later in the spring.