"TEN LITTLE BLACKBIRDS"

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 49, 26 August 1933, Page 7

"TEN LITTLE BLACKBIRDS"

(Half Original, by "Waxeye," 8.) Six little blackbirds Ten little blackbirds ' Were flying round a hive; Sitting down to dine; One got stung One ate too many worms, So then there were five. So then there were nine. Five little blackbirds Nine little blackbirds Eating rosy apples; ' Going through a gate; One ate his core, The gate got slammed on one, So then there were four. So then.there were eight. Four little blackbirds Eight little blackbirds Sailing on the sea; Looking up to heaven; One fell in, One bumped into a chimney, So then there were three. So then there were.seven. Three little blackbirds Seven little blackbirds Sitting in the draught; Chopping up sticks; One got the ;flu, " ■ One chopped himself in half, So then there were two. . So then there were six. : Two little blackbircs Sitting in the sun; They both got shrivelled up, '[ So then there were none.

I! DEAR-MY-PIXIES: * \ \ This week the mailbag brought almost as many stories as ; \ \ \ letters, but, sadly, not many can be used, for lots of you are quite j; '"' forgetting rules. You'll remember that all stories and poems .. \ . now must be original—and ask Mother the meaning of that if you | ■ I\ aren't quite sure yourselves. Some of you sent copied stories and ; | " verse before that rule was made, and those will be used by Printer- >■' ;; man, but not any others. And some of you forgot the write-one- ,'! 1' side and leave-a-margin rules . . . and some wrote so badly that ]; .'! their stories couldn't find a place. So you see? . . - It's worth «; !! while to take a little care when you make real tales of your own. n! ii, _ • " 11 The painting next week in the Bird Page will be for the larger Jj '■ elves only—those who are twelve years and over. This is because <[ !! the painting is a hard one. It's of parrakeets, and, my larger pixies, ■> '! you'll need to know something of their brilliant plumage and ',', 1 tropical colouring before you take out your paint-boxes. The pic- 11 '>'• ture for the; smaller elves will come the week after, arid all the " ',', results I'll tell you at the same time. That gives a,full week for !! j; the Bird Page painting/" . j || !! Holiday wishes to you all, and heaps of fun. n ;;. ■ ■ - fairiel. .{