Singing forever, though none be near,—
For God in Heaven can always hear.”
Thus sang the little brook. Harmonious listened until he knew every word of the song, and then he hurried on.
When he reached the others, he found them still talking of the king and the queen, so he could not tell them of the brook. As they talked, he heard something again that was wonderfully sweet, and he cried, “Listen! listen!”
“Oh! that is only a bird,” the others replied. “Let us make haste to the king’s court.”
But Harmonious would not go, for the bird sang so joyfully that Harmonious laughed aloud when he heard the song. It was singing a song of green trees; and in every tree there was a nest, and in every nest there were eggs.
“Merrily, merrily, listen to me
Flitting and flying from tree to tree;
Nothing fear I, by land or sea,—
For God in Heaven is watching me.”