My Mother Always Says People Should Be

The Robin Flew From His Swinging Spray Of Ivy On To The Top Of The Wall And He Opened His Beak And Sang A Loud, Lovely Trill, Merely To Show Off. Nothing In The World Is Quite As Adorably Lovely As A Robin When He Shows Off - And They Are Nearly Always Doing It.

As Long As One Has A Garden, One Has A Future. As Long As One Has A Future, One Is Alive.

As She Came Closer To Him She Noticed That There Was A Clean Fresh Scent Of Heather And Grass And Leaves About Him, Almost As If He Were Made Of Them. She Liked It Very Much And When She Looked Into His Funny Face With The Red Cheeks And Round Blue Eyes She Forgot That She Had Felt Shy.

When A Man Looks At The Stars, He Grows Calm And Forgets Small Things. They Answer His Questions And Show Him That His Earth Is Only One Of The Million Worlds. Hold Your Soul Still And Look Upward Often, And You Will Understand Their Speech. Never Forget The Stars.

...and Her Mother Had Been A Great Beauty Who Cared Only To Go To Parties And Amuse Herself With Gay Parties.