The Deceitful Dormice.A sleepy Dormouse who had passedThe winter in her nest,Hearing that spring had come at last,Got up at once and dressed,And, hastening from her downy houseTo hail the new spring day,She ran against another mouseThat lived across the way.The shock was such, at first the twoCould scarcely speak for lackOf breath. Then each cried, “Oh, it’syou!!Why, when did you get back?”“I’ve only just return’d, my dear,”The sleepy Dormouse said,“From Florida—the winters here,You know, affect my head.”“Have you, indeed?” exclaimed her friend.“I’m glad to see you home.I, too, have just returned—I spendMywinters down in Rome.”With many pawshakes then, at lastThey parted—each to say,“I wonder where that creature passedThe winter—anyway!”
A sleepy Dormouse who had passedThe winter in her nest,Hearing that spring had come at last,Got up at once and dressed,And, hastening from her downy houseTo hail the new spring day,She ran against another mouseThat lived across the way.
A sleepy Dormouse who had passedThe winter in her nest,Hearing that spring had come at last,Got up at once and dressed,
And, hastening from her downy houseTo hail the new spring day,She ran against another mouseThat lived across the way.
The shock was such, at first the twoCould scarcely speak for lackOf breath. Then each cried, “Oh, it’syou!!Why, when did you get back?”“I’ve only just return’d, my dear,”The sleepy Dormouse said,“From Florida—the winters here,You know, affect my head.”“Have you, indeed?” exclaimed her friend.“I’m glad to see you home.I, too, have just returned—I spendMywinters down in Rome.”With many pawshakes then, at lastThey parted—each to say,“I wonder where that creature passedThe winter—anyway!”
The shock was such, at first the twoCould scarcely speak for lackOf breath. Then each cried, “Oh, it’syou!!Why, when did you get back?”
“I’ve only just return’d, my dear,”The sleepy Dormouse said,“From Florida—the winters here,You know, affect my head.”
“Have you, indeed?” exclaimed her friend.“I’m glad to see you home.I, too, have just returned—I spendMywinters down in Rome.”
With many pawshakes then, at lastThey parted—each to say,“I wonder where that creature passedThe winter—anyway!”