«Thunder shakes the very skies; / Stop your ears and shut your eyes! Rain runs off the roof in streams. / In the sky a rainbow gleams. Hurry, hurry, hurry out. / Jump and hop and skip about, / Through the garden barefoot fly. / Let me toss you up sky-high! / High as the rainbow /...»
«Green Page This page is green as green can be, / Green as grass upon the lea. / I’d sit here if the grass was real / And there was room enough for me. Bright beetles run across the lawn / And, emerald or blue, / A dragonfly wings back and forth / On a daisy decked with dew Loo...»
«Once there was a kettle-drum, / Rumble-bumble y rum-tum-tum. / One day he shook his empty head / And to his friend the trumpet said: “Dear trumpet, you’re a lucky soul. / Your life is full of bliss: / Whoever wants to play on you / Must start off with a kiss. And me, you can...»
«Today, the first time ever, / For children and grown-ups — / Trained seals and dancing lions, / Somersaulting pups. A troupe of juggling bearcubs, / Squirrel acrobats, / Jumbo, tightrope-walker, / Chorus-singing cats. World champions in athletics, / Two brothers, strong and ...»