Tell me, little raindrops,
Is that the way you play?
Pitter-patter, pitter-patter,
All the rainy day?

I sit here at the window;
I've nothing else to do;
Oh, I wish that I could play,
This rainy day, with you!

The little raindrops cannot speak,
But "pitter-patter-pat"
Means, "We can play on this side,
Why can't you play on that?"

ANN HAWKSHAWE




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THE FOUR FRIENDS--I

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Once upon a time a man had a donkey.

His donkey had worked for him many years.