The tale of Curly-Tail

by Laura Rountree Smith

GARDEN DAYS

If you ever plant a garden,

This thing you should know,

Plant some little magic seeds,

To make your garden grow.

Daddy Do-Little was not very fond of work.

He woke up one morning scolding,

“I must grumble, oh yes, indeed,

I haven’t a single garden seed.”

This happened at breakfast, and the Fourteen Little Darling Dogs laid down their fourteen little spoons, and Curly-Tail and Tangle-Tail called in one breath, “We will plant your garden, we will wish for Magic seed.”