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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THERE are fairies at the bottom of our garden!
It's not so very, very far away;
You pass the gardner's shed and you just keep straight ahead -
I do so hope they've really come to stay.
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THE tall princesses in the willow tree
They move their lazy, lovely heads about,
They wave their arms, their hair goes stream-
ing out,
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As I was walking in the rain
I met a fairy down a lane.
We walked along the road together,
I soon forgot about the weather.
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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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