How it leaps over the falls!
Hear it dash and splash among the rocks!
See its waters flash and sparkle in the sun!
“Stop, stop, little brook! Wait, I want to talk with you.”
“No, no, I must hurry on. I have a long way to go.”
“I will go with you, then. I will run along your banks. Please do not hurry so. I can hardly keep up with you.”
Now we come to the wide meadow.
Here the little brook flows more slowly and quietly.
But it never stops.