BARBARA'S BIRTHDAY BEAR.

Barbara's birthday comes once a year,

And Barbara's age you may surely know

If into the toy-box depths you'll peer

And count the Teddy-bears all in a row.

For by Barbara's law, which we all obey,

She claims each year, as the birthday-due

That her loyal subjects must cheerfully pay,

A new Teddy-bear for the toy-box Zoo.