IV
APRIL
Taurus
The April house was near a pond;
It was made of reeds and of rushes,
All helter-skelter and out of kelter,
And ringed by gooseberry bushes.
The April Fool on the chimney sat,
In pointed shoes and a pointed hat,
And welcomed the three with a tee-hee-hee—
Fair and funny and fat.
The April house was near a pond
The owner of the house bowed pleasantly as the visitors approached.
“I’m delighted that you happened to come on the first of April,” he said.