TO
MY LITTLE COUSINS
KATHLEEN AND DOROTHY
CONTENTS
[THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW]
[MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY]
[JACK AND JILL]
[LITTLE MISS MUFFET]
[PUSSY CAT, PUSSY CAT]
[HEY, DIDDLE, DIDDLE!]
THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW
"Different people have different opinions"
The North Wind doth blow,
And we shall have snow,
And what will the robin do then? Poor thing!
He will sit in a barn,
And to keep himself warm
He will hide his head under his wing. Poor thing!
Oh, how cold it was!
The North Wind howled round the barn, whirling the snowflakes into a little heap inside the half-open door. Even beyond the little heap of snow, right inside the barn among the whisps of hay and straw, and beyond the pile of turnips piled up in one far corner, it was still bitterly cold and draughty.
The few birds left had found their way into the old barn for shelter, and were close together on a low bar of wood at the far end, where they sat ruffling their feathers and shivering.