When the showers of April
Are falling so fast,
Just think, little dears,
That they soon will be past,
And the grass will be springing,
The birds will be gay,
And soon, little dears,
We'll have flowers and May.
Little hands up! Who has found the darling trailing arbutus? You, little Susie, and you live in Virginia? What New England girl will report first about the wild flowers that grow near her home? Which of the boys has seen the robins building? and who has been working out-doors with father, doing that hard spring work which will be so well repaid when summer and autumn come? Here are some more jingles for the wee ones:
Rain, rain, go away,
Come again another day.
A sunshiny shower
Won't last half an hour.
Patter, patter, patter—see the dancing drops!
Clatter, clatter, clatter—and the shower stops.
Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, there's the sun again!
April is a pleasant month, spite of sudden rain.