How the Leaves Came Down...

"I'll tell you how the leaves came down,"
The great Tree to his children said:
"You're getting sleepy, Yellow and Brown,
Yes, very sleepy, little Red.
It is quite time to go to bed."

"Ah!" begged each silly, pouting leaf,
"Let us a little longer stay;
Dear Father Tree, behold our grief!
'Tis such a very pleasant day,
We do not want to go away."

So, for just one more merry day
To the great Tree the leaflets clung,
Frolicked and danced, and had their way,
Upon the autumn breezes swung,
Whispering all their sports among—
"Perhaps the great Tree will forget,
And let us stay until the spring,
If we all beg, and coax, and fret."
But the great Tree did no such thing;
He smiled to hear their whispering.
"Come, children, all to bed," he cried;
And ere the leaves could urge their prayer,
He shook his head, and far and wide,
Fluttering and rustling everywhere,
Down sped the leaflets through the air.
I saw them; on the ground they lay,
Golden and red, a huddled swarm,
Waiting till one from far away,
White bedclothes heaped upon her arm,
Should come to wrap them safe and warm.
The great bare Tree looked down and smiled.
"Good-night, dear little leaves," he said.
And from below each sleepy child
Replied, "Good-night," and murmured,
"It is _so_ nice to go to bed!"

Susan Coolidge.

 Pour dire merci.

Il manque trois points mais cela vous donne une idée.

Brodé avec des fils Atalie et Threadworx

sur mon étamine teintouillée.

Ephémère.

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Prenez soin de vous.

Profitez de vos familles.

Petit coucou Outre Atlantique .

Merci à vous qui passez me voir.

Geneviève.

Comments

[Ainsi soit fil]

Jolie création...pour dire merci!!! Bisous

[France mc]

Jolie petite grille, merci de ce nouveau partage.

La pluie arrive chez nous,

[Ghislaine37]

Bonjour Geneviève

Merci de cette petite grille. Jolie ta broderie, finalisée en cache pot, me semble t'il !!!

Bonne journée. Gros bisous.