The Adventures of Dot and Mae

Dot and Mae had a lovely weekend. It was so nice and warm and flowers are starting to bloom! It’s so exciting. These yellow flowers came from a forsythia bush. Forsythias are one of the first blooms to open in the spring so Dot and Mae couldn’t resist picking a couple and having fun using the blooms as hats! Silly little girls!

I Meant To Do My Work Today
by Richard Le Gallienne

I meant to do my work today,
But a brown bird sang in the apple tree,
And a butterfly flitted across the field,
And all the leaves were calling me.

And the wind went sighing over the land,
Tossing the grasses to and fro,
And a rainbow held out its shining hand–
So what could I do but laugh and go?

Another Sure Sign
by Evaleen Stein

When pink-cheeked on every hand
Little girls are seen to stand
Turning skipping ropes, - swish-swash! -
While their laughing playmates run
Jumping over, - oh, what fun! -
Swish-swash! Swish-swash!
Two and two now, see them dash!
One, two, one, two,
Round they scamper, safely through,
Swish-swash! such merry skipping,
One, two, - some one is tripping!
Ah, she’s out now and must pay
Turning rope while others play!
See the bobbing golden curls,
Little skirts in rhythmic swirls
Rising, falling, to the beat
Of the little skipping feet!
When these pretty sights appear,
It is surely very clear
April’s here!

Did You Ever?
by Evaleen Stein

Did you ever see a fairy in a rose-leaf coat and cap
Swinging in a cobweb hammock as he napped his noonday nap?

Did you ever see one waken very thirsty and drink up
All the honey-dew that glimmered in a golden buttercup?

Did you ever see one fly away on rainbow-twinkling wings?
If you did not, why, how comes it that you never see such things?