Little Mermen and Mermaids were playing all around him
BUDDY JIM, MRS. WEASEL AND LITTLE MOTHER BOB WHITE.
The cobwebs were a-glistening,
Dew-spangled, all about;
As though the fairy folk had spread
Their dainty washing out;
The wild rose wore her pinkest gown,
And saucy old Blue-Jay
Called out for all the world to hear,
"Strawberries are ripe today!"
"
THAT'S so, Mr. Blue-Jay," said Old Bob the gardener, as he came by the place where Buddy Jim was weeding his vegetable garden, "that's so; wild ones too, and I only wish I had time to go and gather some."
"Why, Bob," said Buddy Jim. "Are wild strawberries any better than the big ones that you grow in the garden?"