Now for a jolly time!
Now for some sport!
Hold on!--the little chap's
Legs are too short.

Harry can't touch the peg,
All he can do;
Though he may stretch his leg
Out of his shoe!

What can we do for him?
This much, of course:
Let down the rider--or
Let down the horse.

Many a hobby-horse
Small boys must ride,
Ere such a steed as this
They can bestride

So, little Harry dear,
Don't look so cross
When you are taken down
From a high horse.

JOSEPHINE POLLARD.