Charlie’s Story.I was sitting in the twilight,With my Charlie on my knees,Little two-year old, foreverTeasing “Talk a tory to me pease.”“Now,” I said, “talkmea ’tory.”“Well,” reflectively, “I’ll ’mence.Mamma, I did see a kitty,Great big kitty on the fence.”Mamma smiles. Five little fingersCover up her laughing lips;“Is oo laughing?” “Yes” I tell him,But I kiss the finger tips;And I say: “Now tell another.”“Well” (all smiles) “now I will ’mence.Mamma, I did see a doggie,Great big doggie on the fence.”“Rather similar, your stories,Aren’t they, dear?” A sober lookSwept across the pretty forehead;Then he sudden courage took.“But I know a nicenew’tory’Plendid, Mamma! Hear me ’mence,Mamma, I did see a—elfuntGreat big elfunt on the fence!”
Charlie’s Story.I was sitting in the twilight,With my Charlie on my knees,Little two-year old, foreverTeasing “Talk a tory to me pease.”“Now,” I said, “talkmea ’tory.”“Well,” reflectively, “I’ll ’mence.Mamma, I did see a kitty,Great big kitty on the fence.”Mamma smiles. Five little fingersCover up her laughing lips;“Is oo laughing?” “Yes” I tell him,But I kiss the finger tips;And I say: “Now tell another.”“Well” (all smiles) “now I will ’mence.Mamma, I did see a doggie,Great big doggie on the fence.”“Rather similar, your stories,Aren’t they, dear?” A sober lookSwept across the pretty forehead;Then he sudden courage took.“But I know a nicenew’tory’Plendid, Mamma! Hear me ’mence,Mamma, I did see a—elfuntGreat big elfunt on the fence!”
I was sitting in the twilight,With my Charlie on my knees,Little two-year old, foreverTeasing “Talk a tory to me pease.”“Now,” I said, “talkmea ’tory.”“Well,” reflectively, “I’ll ’mence.Mamma, I did see a kitty,Great big kitty on the fence.”Mamma smiles. Five little fingersCover up her laughing lips;“Is oo laughing?” “Yes” I tell him,But I kiss the finger tips;And I say: “Now tell another.”“Well” (all smiles) “now I will ’mence.Mamma, I did see a doggie,Great big doggie on the fence.”“Rather similar, your stories,Aren’t they, dear?” A sober lookSwept across the pretty forehead;Then he sudden courage took.“But I know a nicenew’tory’Plendid, Mamma! Hear me ’mence,Mamma, I did see a—elfuntGreat big elfunt on the fence!”
I was sitting in the twilight,With my Charlie on my knees,Little two-year old, foreverTeasing “Talk a tory to me pease.”“Now,” I said, “talkmea ’tory.”“Well,” reflectively, “I’ll ’mence.Mamma, I did see a kitty,Great big kitty on the fence.”Mamma smiles. Five little fingersCover up her laughing lips;“Is oo laughing?” “Yes” I tell him,But I kiss the finger tips;And I say: “Now tell another.”“Well” (all smiles) “now I will ’mence.Mamma, I did see a doggie,Great big doggie on the fence.”“Rather similar, your stories,Aren’t they, dear?” A sober lookSwept across the pretty forehead;Then he sudden courage took.“But I know a nicenew’tory’Plendid, Mamma! Hear me ’mence,Mamma, I did see a—elfuntGreat big elfunt on the fence!”
I was sitting in the twilight,
With my Charlie on my knees,
Little two-year old, forever
Teasing “Talk a tory to me pease.”
“Now,” I said, “talkmea ’tory.”
“Well,” reflectively, “I’ll ’mence.
Mamma, I did see a kitty,
Great big kitty on the fence.”
Mamma smiles. Five little fingersCover up her laughing lips;“Is oo laughing?” “Yes” I tell him,But I kiss the finger tips;And I say: “Now tell another.”“Well” (all smiles) “now I will ’mence.Mamma, I did see a doggie,Great big doggie on the fence.”
Mamma smiles. Five little fingers
Cover up her laughing lips;
“Is oo laughing?” “Yes” I tell him,
But I kiss the finger tips;
And I say: “Now tell another.”
“Well” (all smiles) “now I will ’mence.
Mamma, I did see a doggie,
Great big doggie on the fence.”
“Rather similar, your stories,Aren’t they, dear?” A sober lookSwept across the pretty forehead;Then he sudden courage took.“But I know a nicenew’tory’Plendid, Mamma! Hear me ’mence,Mamma, I did see a—elfuntGreat big elfunt on the fence!”
“Rather similar, your stories,
Aren’t they, dear?” A sober look
Swept across the pretty forehead;
Then he sudden courage took.
“But I know a nicenew’tory
’Plendid, Mamma! Hear me ’mence,
Mamma, I did see a—elfunt
Great big elfunt on the fence!”