FIVE CHILDREN AND IT




E. NESBIT



TO JOHN BLAND

My Lamb, you are so very small,
You have not learned to read at all.
Yet never a printed book withstands
The urgence of your dimpled hands.
So, though this book is for yourself,
Let mother keep it on the shelf
Till you can read. O days that Pass,
That day will come too soon, alas!



CONTENTS


1. Beautiful As the Day
2. Golden Guineas
3. Being Wanted
4. Wings
5. No Wings