MENDING DAY

New Zealand Tablet, 27 March 1913, Page 61

MENDING DAY

I like to watch my mother sew, . Her needle is so bright, And it runs in and out .so fast/, A little flame of light. She lets me bring my little chair And have some sewing, too; And I am always sorry when Mamma and I are through. And all the time my mother sews She tells some nice long tale, Of lovely little fairy folks Or maybe Jonah's whale. I like her stories best of all, Because they end just right, And give me things to tell myself When left alone at night. — St. Nicholas.