Poems (Hoffman)/Our Walk
OUR WALK
Ashley and Edward and I,Did you see we three go by?Ashley who walks like a little kingAnd Edward who looks at everything?We are taking a walk, good-bye, good-bye.Ashley and Edward and I.
We scare the grasshoppers out of the grassThe frogs will croak as they see us passAnd the daisies look up and smile and bow,Ah! little snail, we have found you now,Look out little snail or you'll bump your eye,We are taking a walk, good-bye, good-bye.
And there is a cow with horns, alas!She will hook us sure if we try to pass,I wish she had eyes on her horns and thenWhen she saw us coming she'd draw them inShe'd be so afraid we might bump her eye,—She never looked up! good-bye, good-bye.
We have had such a pleasant walk to-dayNow we're going home by another way,We are hungry and tired and our hair's uncurledBut we've seen a piece of God's great wide world,And there's Mamma making cookies and pieFor Ashley and Edward and I.