PUBLIC DOMAIN MONDAY

THE TEA PARTY

Little Miss Betty has had a tea-party,
Everyone came with an appetite hearty;
Animals, dollies, and toys were invited;
Bobby was good and our Baby delighted.

Of cake, bread-and-butter, and milk they had plenty—
The cups were so tiny that Bobby drank twenty;
And when it was over they ran and asked mother
If they might to-morrow have just such another!—

-C.B.

From LAUGH AND PLAY
A collection of Stories, illustrated by E.Stuart Hardy
(www.byGosh.com)