With ostrich plumes and flowers on it,
She thought it best to stay away
From Sabbath school on Easter day.
The Giant Arithmos
This story was told to the author by her teacher, Mrs. A. R. Hornbrook, of the Hornbrook Correspondence School of Mathematics, 5622 Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Ill.
Great Jack-the-Giant-Killer brave, he killed all giants bad,
But one good giant's life was spared by this bold warrior lad.
ARITHMOS was this giant great, and all bright girls and boys
Should love the famous Giant-King far more than all their toys.
He's very old, and very great, and also wondrous wise,