Wooden Toys.
I have a little cartie, and
I have a little horse,
And I have a little dolly;
All are made of wood, of course.
I have a wooden farmyard,
With wooden sheep and cows,
With wooden trees and houses,
Wooden pigs, cats and bow-wows.
Then I have a wooden bucket,
And a little wooden spade;
Of wooden bricks a lovely
Little doll's house I have made.
Now mamma says, when I grow up
Things different will be;
My horses, if I have any,
Will real horses be.
That sheep will not be made of wood,
And no more wooden cows
Or pigs; that dogs will bark and bite,
Unlike good wood bow-wows.
Just fancy, dogs that bark and bite;
And other creatures real;
How very funny I at first
Shall, when I'm with them, feel.
So let me love you very much,
You pretty wooden toys;
How kind they are to make such things
For little girls and boys.
