Rose Fyleman Poems

I STOOD against the window

And looked between the bars,
And there were strings of fairies
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I think mice

Are rather nice.

There tails are long,
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A FAIRY went a-marketing

She bought a little fish;
She put it in a crystal bowl
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FAIRIES learn to dance before they learn to

walk ;
Fairies learn to sing before they learn to
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' I AM asked to the ball to-night, to-night ;
What shall I wear, for I must look right ? '
' Search in the fields for a lady-smock ;
Where could you find you a prettier frock ? '
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You may be very ugly and freckledy and

small
And have a little stubby nose that's not a
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You know the smoke from chimneys-
It often isn't smoke,

It's nothing but the fairies
Having such a joke.
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THE air around was trembling-bright
And full of dancing specks of light,
While butterflies were dancing too
Between the shining green and blue.
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I LIKE to wear my party frock

That Auntie bought in town,

My patent shoes with shiny toes,
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ALTHOUGH it has a jolly name
Cat's cradle is a funny game
I like to play it all the same.
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