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If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. - - - -Title: Child Whispers - -Author: Enid Blyton - -Release Date: August 14, 2020 [EBook #62928] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHILD WHISPERS *** - - - - -Produced by Laura Natal Rodrigues at Free Literature (Images -generously made available by The Internet Archive.) - - - - - - -CHILD WHISPERS - -By - -ENID BLYTON - -LONDON - -J. SAVILLE & CO. LIMITED - -EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS, - -5, GOWER STREET, W.C.I - -1923 - - - - -DEDICATED TO FOUR LITTLE BROTHERS - -DAVID, BRIAN, PETER -AND JOHN - - - - -CONTENTS - -Preface -Rosamunda -Disappointment -On Strike -Fairy Sight -A Fairy Necklace -Paying a Call -Before Breakfast -Goblins -The Fairy's Bedtime -Poppies -A Queer Butterfly -Lovely Frocks -The Jolly Wind -The Witch's Balloons -Fairy Music -The Little Folk on the Hill -The Moon at Tea-Time -April -The Silent Pool -This Afternoon -The "Feeling" -The Naughty Gnome -Six o'clock -The Imp's Mistake -Put to Bed -The Merry Breeze -An Accident -A Happy Ending - - - - -PREFACE - - -The children of nowadays are different in -many of their likes and dislikes, from the -children of ten years ago. This change of -attitude is noticeable as much in the world of -children's poetry as it is in other things. - -In my experience of teaching I have found -the children delight in two distinct types of -verses. These are the humorous type and the -imaginative poetical type--but the humour -must be from the child's point of view and not -from the "grown-up's"--a very different -thing. And the imagination in the second -type of poem must be clear and whimsical, -otherwise the appeal fails and the child does -not respond. - -As I found a lack of suitable poems of the -types I wanted, I began to write them myself -for the children under my supervision, taking, -in many cases, the ideas, humorous or whimsical, -of the children themselves, as the theme -of the poems. Finding them to be successful, -I continued, until the suggestion was made to -me that many children, other than those in -my own school, might enjoy hearing and -learning the poems. Accordingly this collection -of verses is put forward in the hope that -it will be a source of sincere enjoyment to the -little people of the world. - - -ENID BLYTON. - - - - -ROSAMUNDA - - -In the garden very early -Rosamunda's walking, -And to her surprise she hears -Lots of fairies talking. - -She looks around but cannot see -Where they can be hiding; -Not on any butterfly -Nor bee, are they a-riding. - -She goes to where the tulips grow -And finds a sight of wonder, -For out pop fairy elves and say, -"Good-morning, Rosamunda!" - - - - -DISAPPOINTMENT - - -Once I found a fairy -In my cup of tea. -She was nearly drowned -And wet as wet could be. - -I picked her out and dried her -And asked her if she'd stay; -"Oh, no," she said, "_I mustn't_," -And off she flew away. - - - - -ON STRIKE - - -My dollies are so naughty, -I'm afraid they've gone on strike; -They won't let me undress them, -But just do what they like. - -They say they want a penny -To spend on Saturday, -And 'less I let them have it, -They'll not join in my play. - -I can't let them behave so, -They'll never grow up right-- -But I know they will be sorry -When I don't kiss them good-night. - - - - -FAIRY SIGHT - - -If you want to see a fairy, -In the middle of the night, -Wrap the blanket round you, -And shut your eyes up tight. -Say "Akral dafarray!" -And open your right eye, -And (if you've been a good child) -A fairy flutters by! - - - - -A FAIRY NECKLACE - - -The rain had rained all morning, -And then the sun shone fair, -And all the garden glittered -With raindrops everywhere! - -There were raindrops on the grasses, -And raindrops on the trees, -And how they shook and shivered, -Like diamonds, in the breeze! - -And oh, I saw a fairy -Come flying right by me; -She shook a score of raindrops, -From off the hazel tree. - -She slung them on a spider's thread, -A necklace made of rain! -She clasped them round her little neck, -And off she flew again! - - - - -PAYING A CALL - - -I put on my hat with the band of blue, -And my frock with the frilly lace, -I took my sunshade, and held it up, -To keep the sun off my face. - -I thought I'd go calling like Mother does, -And have pretty cakes for tea, -And sit on the edge of a chair and talk -With a tea-cup on my knee. - -I walked all along the sunny road, -Till I came to Mrs. Leroy's. -I climbed the steps, and I rang the bell-- -It made such a jangley noise. - -And then I suddenly felt afraid, -And couldn't think what I would say -When they opened the door--so I jumped -the steps, -And I ran back home all the way. - -Nurse saw me coining in my best frock, -And oh, how she scolded me! -And that's why I'm wearing an overall now, -And not having jam for tea. - - - - -BEFORE BREAKFAST - - -I go round the garden early, when the grass is -bright with dew, -And I have to put goloshes on my feet. -I'll tell you all I do there, right away from -people's view, -When the world is half-awake and very -sweet. - -I shake the lady hollyhocks to make the bees -fly out, -And I see how much they've grown since -yesterday. -I pop the fattest fuchsia buds, if gardener's -not about, -And I blow the dandelion clocks away. - -I smell the honeysuckle and the lavender as -well, -I take the rose-leaves fallen down beyond; -They're pink and white and beautiful, just like -a fairy shell, -And I save them up for sailing on the pond. - -I stand upon the mossy wall, and smell the -new mown hay, -And I feel the wind that blows the clouds -along; -I think there never, _never_ could be such a -lovely day-- -And then, I hear that horrid breakfast gong! - - - - -GOBLINS - - -When I am cross as I can be, and nothing's -ever right, -Then Mummy says there's naughty goblins, -hiding out of sight, -Who try to make me do what's wrong, and try -to make me bad, -They like me to forget things, and make other -people sad. - -I've never found them anywhere, I don't know -where to look, -I've only seen them in the pages of my -picture-book, -But oh, I'm _sure_ they're all about in -everybody's house, -Little creepy-crawley things, as quiet as a -mouse. - -When cook forgets to put the sugar in the -Sunday cake, -And gardener breaks the barrow-wheel, and -loses Daddie's rake, -And Nurse is very cross indeed, and won't let -me go out, -I always know those nasty little goblins are -about. - -I play next-door with Peter, and there's -goblins even there, -Altho' it's such a lovely house, I can't think -how they dare, -But often Peter's Daddie is as grumpy as can -be, -All over nothing, so the goblins must be there, -you see. - -Whenever things go very wrong, I hide myself -away, -To try and see those goblins, and I'm sure I -shall some day. -And if they bother you at all, you try and -catch them, too, -And _will_ you save them up for me to look at, -if you do? - - - - -THE FAIRY'S BEDTIME - - -Just before they go to bed, -The fairy babes are told -To sit upon their toadstools, and -To be as good as gold. - -So down they sit, all in a ring, -It's supper-time, they know, -For look, their little acorn cups -Are standing in a row. - -A fairy fills the little cups, -With dew and honey sweet -And gives one to each little babe -With something nice to eat. - -Then off into the trees they fly -And curl themselves up tight -Inside a leaf that's soft and warm, -And there they sleep all night. - - - - -POPPIES - - -Up the lane behind our house -A little hill you climb, -And at the top on either side -There is in Summer time-- -A cornfield waving in the wind, -Where poppies shake their head -And peep at you between the corn, -A glowing dancing red-- -I'll tell you what I did one day -When nurse was cross with me, -And pulled my hair back in a plait, -As tight as tight could be-- -I crept up to the swaying corn -And in the poppies there -I sat down by myself, and then -I undid all my hair! -I picked some gleaming poppies red, -The biggest I could find, -I wound them tightly in my curls, -And some hung down behind. -I walked about so very grand -Till it began to rain, -When one by one the poppies fell, -And I went home again. - - - - -A QUEER BUTTERFLY - - -I caught a lovely butterfly, -In Marianna's net. -It was the sweetest blue and gold, -The prettiest I'd seen yet. - -But Marianna came and said -The butterfly should be -Not mine, but _hers_, because the net -Belonged to her, not me. - -We quarrelled hard, and didn't stop, -Until my frock was torn, -And then she pointed down to where -The net lay, on the lawn. - -The butterfly was creeping out -And spread its wings of blue, -And then _stood up_, just fancy that! -You'd hardly think it true! - -We saw then what it really was, -A fairy, come to play, -And all because we quarrelled so, -She fluttered right away. - - - - -LOVELY FROCKS - - -In my Mummy's wardrobe, there are lots of -lovely frocks, -I know because I've seen them hanging -there; -There's purple, and there's orange, and a frilly -one of blue, -And a yellow that is shiny like her hair. - -The satin frocks make Mummy look just like a -fairy Queen-- -But she can't cuddle me at all in those-- -And when she wears a silken frock, it rustles -like the trees-- -But I can't kiss her 'cos I spoils the bows. - -And tho' I love her pretty dresses, 'cos she -looks so grand, -What I like really best of all to see, -Is when she's in the garden, wearing _just_ an -overall-- -And comes to romp and play about with me. - - - -THE JOLLY WIND - - -"Hurrah!" says the wind, as he sweeps along, -"Three cheers for the sun to-day, -Just look at him shining away in the sky! -Do come along, children, and play! - -I'll fly your kites on the top of the hill, -And I'll spin the old weather-cock round! -I'll send your boats sailing away down the -stream, -Till bump! they have all come aground! - -Come along while I turn the old windmill about, -And hear how it groans and it creaks; -Just see how I tweak off your bonnets and caps, -And hear all the laughter and shrieks! - -I'll make you run faster than ever before, -I'll spin you around and about! -Oh, hurry up, children, and come out of school, -"Hurrah!" says the wind, with a shout! - - - - -THE WITCH'S BALLOONS - - -Opposite the nursery sat a woman old and -brown, -I should think she was the very oldest person -in the town, -She sold balloons to children as they passed -her corner there, -She was very cross and horrid and she had a -nasty stare. - -I looked at her one morning, on a very -windy day, -And she saw me and she stared at me in such -a nasty way, -I felt afraid, and certain sure that she must be -a witch, -And keep all sorts of stolen treasures hidden -in a ditch. - -And as I looked at her, and she was staring up -at me, -I saw a fairy flying low from out the chestnut -tree, -She held a little knife, and oh, she cut the -strings right through, -That held the big balloons together, then away -she flew! - -And off went all the purple ones and off went -all the pink, -A-flying in the air as high as ever you could -think, -Around the chimney pots, and right away up -in the sky, -Until they bumped into the clouds, a-sailing -slowly by. - -And then I looked to see what that old woman -had to say, -But there wasn't any sign of her, she'd -vanished right away, -She _must_ have been a wicked witch, and by -the fairies slain, -For tho' I've looked each morning, she has -_never_ come again. - - - - -FAIRY MUSIC - - -I found a little fairy flute -Beneath a harebell blue; -I sat me down upon the moss -And blew a note or two. - -And as I blew the rabbits came -Around me in the sun, -And little mice and velvet moles -Came creeping, one by one. - -A swallow perched upon my head, -A robin on my thumb, -The thrushes sang in tune with me, -The bees began to hum. - -I loved to see them all around -And wished they'd always stay, -When down a little fairy flew -And _snatched_ my flute away! - -And then the swallow fluttered off, -And gone were all the bees, -The rabbits ran, and I was left -Alone among the trees! - - - - -THE LITTLE FOLK ON THE HILL - - -Right on the top of the Feraling Hill -There's a queer little seat made of stone, -And sometimes I climb up the heathery slope. -And sit in the wind all alone. - -Nobody knows why the little seat's there, -(It's almost too tiny for me) -But I love to squeeze into it on a clear day, -And look over the hills to the sea. - -Sometimes I've sat there and heard funny -sounds -And voices, and tho' I've kept still, -I've only seen one of the queer Little Folk -That I _know_ live inside of the hill. - -For once I came quietly up to the stone-- -And on it sat one of the Folk! -He was looking across all the hills to the sea, -But he vanished away when I spoke. - -And that's how _I_ know why the little seat's -there, -And why it's small even for me; -The Folk put it there in the wind, for _they love_ -To look over the hills to the sea. - - - - -THE MOON AT TEA-TIME - - -I was playing in the meadow, where there's -not a single tree, -I was throwing bits of sorrel at a fat old -bumble-bee, -And then--I just looked up to see the clouds -go sailing by-- -And oh, I saw the _moon_, in daytime! and I -_can't_ think why! - -Such funny things keep happ'ning, and -they've happened all to-day, -First, I found a weeny mouse, all cuddled in -the hay, -Then at home we've got a baby, from _I_ don't -know where! -And now I find the moon at _tea-time_, sitting in -the air! - -I'm sure it's wrong, because the Bible says it's -meant for night, -And look, it hides behind the clouds--it knows -it isn't right. -Now there it comes! Oh, silly moon, you make -the sun look fine, -'Cos bumping up against the clouds has -rubbed off all _your_ shine! - - - - -APRIL - - -Oh, April brings the cuckoo-bird, and April -brings the rain, -April hangs a hundred sunny raindrops in the -lane, -She can wash the sky with woolly clouds of -purest white, -And gaily dress it up in rainbows, curving out -of sight. - -Oh, April hangs the chestnut trees with spires -of white and pink, -And kisses all the primroses along the river's -brink, -She peeps into the tiny nests where eggs are -hidden well, -And searches out the purple violets growing in -the dell. - -Oh, April swings the apple blossom, sweet -against the sky -And chases all the bob-tail rabbits scuttling -gaily by, -She dances with the meadow cowslips, drooping -heads of gold, -Oh, April is the sweetest month that any year -can hold! - - - - -THE SILENT POOL - - -Away in the wood where it's dark, -There's a pool that is purplish green, -With whispering rushes around, -That murmur of things they have seen. - -I once lay and listened all night, -And heard why the pool lies alone; -Not even a fairy goes near -And only the sad rushes moan. - -I heard how there once lived a witch, -Who weaved wicked spells night and day, -And used the pool's purplish deeps -For things which I wouldn't dare say. - -Then one day she vanished and went, -And never was seen any more, -But silent and still lay the pool, -And darker than ever before. - -No fairy knows what the pool holds, -And none guesses what secrets lie -Hid safely away in its deeps, -But shuddering, all pass it by. - -Take heed when you go through the wood, -And pass where the pool lies alone-- -Not even a fairy goes near, -And only the sad rushes moan! - - - - -THIS AFTERNOON - - -This afternoon is very hot, -And all the sky is blue, -The busy bees are humming loud, -They have a lot to do. - -I want to go out in the fields -Where all the daisies grow, -And watch the little breezes bend -The grasses to and fro. -I want to watch the butterflies, -And hear the cuckoo call, -I'd cuckoo back to see if he -Would answer me at all. - -The buttercups are shaking gold -Upon the dry brown earth, -And shiny beetles race along -The ground, for all they're worth. -I want to lie down on the grass -And look up at the sky, -It looks so queer and far away -And wonderfully high. - -It's such a lovely afternoon, -With lovely things to see; -Oh, _why_ must I in my best frock -Be taken out to tea? - - - - -THE "FEELING" - - -Inside of me there's a Feeling lives, -That wakes when I see a rose, -Or the snow, or sunshine, or daisy fields; -It wakes for a time--and then goes. - -When I suddenly see the rainbow shine -Right over the sky so wide, -And the sunshine gleams thro' the pouring rain, -I get that "Feeling" inside. - -When I get out of bed on a winter's mom, -And look thro' my window pane, -And find the snow on the trees and fields, -I get the Feeling again. - -When a great big wave comes sweeping up -On a stormy and windy tide, -And crashes against the rocks in spray, -I get the Feeling inside. - -I once told Nannie just how I felt, -But I'm not going to tell her again. -_She_ didn't know at all what I meant, -She called my Feeling a _pain!_ - - - - -THE NAUGHTY GNOME - - -A little gnome in Fairyland -Once found a pot of glue, -And he of course began to think -What mischief he could do! - -He smeared the toadstools, one and all, -Whereon the fairies sat, -And oh, how cross they were to find -A naughty trick like that! - -He dropped some glue upon the grass, -To catch the fairies' feet, -When there came by the Fairy King -And Queen with all their suite. - -The King walked straight upon the glue -And found he couldn't stir! -Then came the frightened gnome, and cried, -"Oh, please have mercy, Sir! - -I didn't mean to catch _your_ feet -Within my sticky glue, -But please forgive me and I'll find -Some better thing to do!" - -"I'll pardon you," the King replied, -"But harken what I say, -Go, use your glue on _chestnut_ buds, -To keep the frost away." - -So in the chestnuts every spring -The gnome works all day long, -And if you touch a bud, you'll find -His glue is _very_ strong! - - - - -SIX O'CLOCK - - -We always wake at six o'clock, -When Nurse is still asleep; -She's hidden under all the clothes, -Her breathes are loud and deep. - -We mustn't talk till seven strikes, -And so we just turn round -And hear the milk-carts going by, -They have a tinny sound. - -I look up at the ceiling, and -I count the cracks I see, -And all the flies upon the wall; -Once there were _twenty-three!_ - -Teddie pulls out feathers from -The eiderdown, and blows -With all his might, to make them drop -On top of Nurse's nose. - -I breathe on all the brassy nobs -That feel so very cold; -They go quite dull till Teddie rubs, -And makes them shine like gold. - -And now I've told you all these things, -If you wake early, too, -And mustn't talk till seven strikes, -_You'll_ know just what to do. - - - - -THE IMP'S MISTAKE - - -As Anna slept beside the fire -An imp as black as soot -Came down the chimney in a bound, -And landed by her foot! - -He looked at her black shining shoe, -A frown came on his face, -He thought it was a piece of coal -A-tumbled from its place! - -And so he started tugging hard -To put it back again -Upon the fire, when Anna woke -And gave a cry of pain! - -"You naughty little imp," she cried, -"Just leave my foot alone!" -And in a trice the imp had jumped -And up the chimney flown! - -So when you're sitting by the fire, -It's better, on the whole, -To keep awake, in case that imp -Should think _your_ shoes are coal! - - - - -PUT TO BED - - -The sun is shining hot and bright, -The gardener's mowing grass, -He's doing it with all his might, -I hear his footsteps pass. - -Nurse put me here in bed alone -Because I've not been good; -I think her heart is hard as stone-- -I didn't think she would. - -I haven't been so very bad, -I'll tell you what I've done. -I took a pencil that I had, -A lovely orange one. - -I drew a splendid pattern round -The dining room and hall, -And trees that grew up from the ground, -Right up the nursery wall. - -I'd started on a giant's head, -I know just how they're made, -When Nurse came in, so cross and red, -It made me feel afraid. - -I never had behaved, she said, -So wickedly before; -She made me go upstairs to bed, -And then she banged the door. - -She took my toys and books and ball, -And all the bricks I'd built; -There's nothing here that's nice at all, -'Cept Grannie's patchwork quilt! - - - - -THE MERRY BREEZE - - -Round about the orchard went the merry -little breeze, -Playing with the butterflies and teasing all -the bees, -Sending showers of apple-blossom down upon -the ground, -And spilling half the dew-drops from the -grasses all around. - -He ruffled up the feathers of the ducks a-sailing -by, -And hustled all the lazy clods that floated in -the sky, -He swung the beeches to and fro, then darted -off again -To dry the shiny puddles scattered down along -the lane. - -The chimney smoke he twisted in the queerest -kind of way, -Until at last the little breeze was weary of his -play; -He crept back to the orchard, where the -daffodillies peep, -And there it was I found him lying, curled up -fast asleep! - - - - -AN ACCIDENT - - -We've a little summer house -With a pointed top, -And on it, watching us at play, -The fairies often stop. - -But now we've done a dreadful thing, -And frightened them away, -Because, by accident, our ball -Struck two of them to-day. - -It bounced upon the summer house, -And hurt the fairies there; -They flew away with cries of pain, -And said it wasn't fair. - -Each day we watch our summer house -And watch the pointed top. -But now, tho' fairies fly around, -They _never_ come to stop. - - - - -A HAPPY ENDING - - -I found a ship upon the sea, -All ready waiting there for me, -So in I jumped and off we sped, -To gleaming waters far ahead. - -But soon a wind came moaning by -And clouds filled all the sunny sky, -The sea was speckled with the rain, -And my ship rolled and rolled again. - -The waves crashed grandly on the deck. -The sails dripped rain-drops down my neck, -Then straight ahead, I spied a rock, -And braced myself to meet the shock-- - -Crash! 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