It was a wonderful cake with pink and white icing upon it.
Then the big fat grocer came puffing along and cried:
“I have been told you are five years old,
Here are candles that glitter much like gold.”
Sure enough, he had five candles to put on the Birthday cake and when they were lighted they glittered like gold.
Then the little boy from next door ran over and threw a bouncing ball to Bobby Bright Eyes, saying:
“I have been told you are five years old,
Here is a ball to bounce or hold.”
Just as they were beginning to play ball the Limpy-Lame Old Man came, saying:
“I have been told you are five years old,