OUR OWN VERSES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 134, 3 December 1938, Page 20

OUR OWN VERSES

THE SILVER LINING. (Original.) Always do your best at work, Always do your best at play, Always help your neighbour, And you will be cheerful every day. When the dark, dark clouds are hovering round you, And the sun does not shine through Always try to find the silver lining And you'll have no time to be blue. ' When at last the sun breaks through Shining all its golden beani3 on you, Maybe other friends of yours in this world Will learn to find the bright side, too. GORSE. (Original.) As I was seated In a train A wondrous sight did I see; The hills' were clothed With a golden robe, Such beauty that filled me with glee. And I thought and I thought - What beautiful flower could this be. Then I remembered and cried 'Of course, This beautiful thing is gorse I" "MISCHIEVOUS" (13). City. BUBBLES. (Original.) When I blow bubbles I tliink it's fun, When 1 blow bubbles In the sun; They are all pretty colours, Yellow, pink, and .blue; They are all very nice, Don't you think so, too? "JOY BLOSSOM" (8). ' MOONLIGHT REVELRY. (Original.) When the moon is shining bright. All the fairies go dancing for the night; They dress in shimmering frocks of gold. And they wear diamond shoes, so I am told. They dance beside the Magic Pond, Where there's many a dainty fern-frond, The Fairy Band plays lot of gay tunes, And a fairy singer softly croons. . But soon the sky Is becoming light, And each little fairy must say "Good-night." "GREAT GREENFEATHER" (13). Johnsonville. ♦ • ♦ THE WHITE RABBIT ♦ "It was my fourth birthday wnen I first saw him, a little white rabbit. I had just got home from school when I saw a big parcel on my chair. Mother told me to be careful and when I opened it there was a beautiful green hutch containing a pretty white rabbit. Each 'day when I came home from school I [ would go and see him and take him out on my lap for a while, till one day when I took him out he ran away. One morning as soon as I was dressed, Daddy called me into the garden. There was my rabbit hopping about quite merrily, and two or three baby rabbits. We often saw them at the end of the lawn, but never could we catch i them. They were too quick." "MARIETTA" (12). City.