WITH COBWEBS FOR CURTAINS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 962, 3 May 1930, Page 33

WITH COBWEBS FOR CURTAINS

i : When 1 am with Millie beneath the. | trees. ‘ j Holding my book upon my knees. » i And Millie lies dreaming close beside c ! I watch the place where the fairies 1 i hide ' •' (Though Millie thinks 1 am readinr - my book). They live on the bank beside the 1 ; brook, ? ! With cobwebs for curtains over the door, s . And moss for a carpet upon the floor i I know, for once when they thought. i ! I slept. * r Out from their hiding place a small one > | crept 1 And danced to the tune of a blue [ harebell. » . While over her wings the sunlight 1 I fell. - i t kept very still while she went by—- > ' Millie called her a butterfly. THE DREAM BOAT > Across the rfea of Night My dream boat goes , On swift clouds, feather-light. A strange wind blows — i From where, nobody knows. * In some far distant port. , High, very high. of gold are caught „ Against the sky. . ; As dim waves scurry by. My dream boat softly drifts; ; Each castle gleams: * ( A purple curtain lifts. And breathing seems j ! The changing tide of dreams. * t Across the Hea of Night * I find and keep Treasures ail golden bright.’ * The kind sea. smooth and deep, j Blesses me as I sleep! A TOY HORSE A toy l.orse quite simple Lo make. ; j Select a large cork for the body and ; ‘ insert four wooden matches for legs . . cut the head and neck from cardboard, i ' slit the top of the cork and join tb© < neck to the l»ody; mark in the featk ! urea, and make a tail from a fev i j strands of wool. The tail may be short ' or flowing. Now Dobbin is complete.