From Drawings In Colors By Maxfield Parrish

FACING PAGE

WITH TRUMPET AND DRUM

With big tin trumpet and little red drum, Marching like soldiers, the children come!

THE SUGAR-PLUM TREE

And you carry away of the treasure that rains As much as your apron can hold!

WYNKEN, BLYNKEN AND NOD

Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe-- Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew.

THE LITTLE PEACH

John took a bite and Sue a chew, And then the trouble began to brew,-- Trouble the doctor couldn’t subdue. Too true!

THE DINKEY-BIRD

In an ocean, ’way out yonder (As all sapient people know), Is the land of Wonder-Wander, Whither children love to go.

THE FLY-AWAY HORSE

And the Fly-Away Horse seeks those far-away lands You little folk dream of at night--

SHUFFLE-SHOON AND AMBER-LOCKS

Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks Sit together, building blocks; Shuffle-Shoon is old and gray, Amber-Locks a little child.

SEEIN’ THINGS

I woke up in the dark an’ saw things standin’ in a row, A-lookin’ at me cross-eyed an’ p’intin’ at me--so!