Hide and Seek

Vivienne

MONDAY'S CHILD
http://childrensverse.blogspot.com/2011/01/mondays-child-27.html

supplied the illustration for childrens' verse

HIDE AND SEEK!

Once upon a time on a summers day

Two little cats went out to play.

They decided to play at Hide and Seek

Among the bushes by the creek.

'I'll count!' said Minky, 'And then I'll call.

You can hide anywhere, anywhere at all!

When I call out 'Ready or not'

I'll easily find your chosen spot'.

'All right!' said Pinky, 'Close your eyes.

Bet you'll get a big surprise!'

Minky counted 'One, two, three!

I bet you're hiding behind a tree!'

Then she counted 'Four, five, six!

Don't play any naughty tricks!'

She counted more, right up to twenty,

Then she thought that that was plenty.

So she opened her eyes and looked around;

Pinky, she knew, would soon be found.

She looked behind trees, and by the pond;

She searched the meadow and beyond.

She looked in the garden shed as well;

 Where was Pinky? It was hard to tell.

'Surely I'll find Pinky soon!'

Said Minky in the afternoon.

'Where can she be? Where can she be?

I thought I'd find her easily!

I'm getting tired! I want my Mummy!

I need some supper in my tummy!'

So Minky ran home, fast as can be!

And there was Pinky having tea!

Pinky laughed and Pinky said

'I was hiding in my bed!'

Said Minky 'But that wasn't fair!'

Said Pinky 'You said anywhere!'

Minky purred and said 'That's true!

I hope you've left enough milk for two!'

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HIS MARK.

(Two years ago.)

I was about to clean the window. ('About time!' did I hear you say?) *

But then I saw the finger-prints I was about to wash away!

They are little Max's and he is only two.

Washing-away his little prints seems an awful thing to do!

One day he will be three, then four and in no time twenty-five

And I wont even know him then for I wont be alive!

I'll save those little finger-prints for a day or two or three;

It's a good excuse for downing tools and having a cup of tea!

*I assure you the window wasn't THAT dirty! It's the magnification that does it!

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