I'm rather fond of medicine, especially if it's pink,
Or else the fizzy-wizzy kind that makes you want to blink;
And eucalyptus lozenges are very nice I think.
I like it when I'm really ill and have to stay in bed
With mother's grown-up pillows all frilly round my head;
But measles is the funniest, because you get so red.
MY POLICEMAN
He is always standing there
At the corner of the Square;
He is very big and fine
And his silver buttons shine.
All the carts and taxis do
Everything he tells them to,
And the little errand-boys
When they pass him make no noise.
Though I seem so very small
I am not afraid at all;
He and I are friends, you see,
And he always smiles at me.
Once I wasn't very good
Rather near to where he stood,
But he never said a word
Though I'm sure he must have heard.
Nurse has a policeman too
(Hers has brown eyes, mine has blue),
Hers is sometimes on a horse,
But I like mine best of course.