They are happy as can be.

The Ink-Bottle Babies said, “Heart of mine,

Come now, and make a valentine!”

One Saturday morning it began to storm and it snowed and the wind blew harder and harder.

The Ink-Bottle Babies said, “Oh Ma! what shall we do?”

The Ink-Bottle Mamma said, “What month is this?”

Molly and Polly said, “It is February.”

Then the twenty-three other Ink-Bottle Babies set up a shout. They cried, “Valentines! Valentines!”

Polly set up a cry