TWO LITTLE RIDDLES IN RHYME[8]
| There's a garden that I ken, |
| Full of little gentlemen; |
| Little caps of blue they wear, |
| And green ribbons, very fair. |
| (Flax.) |
From house to house he goes, |
| A messenger small and slight, |
| And whether it rains or snows, |
| He sleeps outside in the night. |
| (The path.) |
THE LITTLE YELLOW TULIP
Once there was a little yellow Tulip, and she lived down in a little dark house under the ground. One day she was sitting there, all by herself, and it was very still. Suddenly, she heard a little tap, tap, tap, at the door.
"Who is that?" she said.
"It's the Rain, and I want to come in," said a soft, sad, little voice.
"No, you can't come in," the little Tulip said.
By and by she heard another little tap, tap, tap on the window-pane.