WHAT IT WAS.
By Malcolm Douglas.
Oh, they were as happy as happy could be, Those two little boys who were down by the sea, As each with a shovel grasped tight in his hand, Like a sturdy young laborer dug in the sand!
And it finally happened, while looking around, That, beside a big shell, a small star-fish they found,— Such a wonderful sight, that two pairs of blue eyes Grew large for a moment with puzzled surprise.
Then—"I know," said one, with his face growing bright, "It's the dear little star that we've watched every night; But last night, when we looked, it was nowhere on high, So, of course, it has dropped from its home in the sky!"
