The Owl and The Bobolink

 The Owl and The Bobolink

A Bobolink trilled a roundelay.
"Halloo!" cried an owl. "That's fine!
I'd like to learn your song--if I may;
It is worth a dozen of mine!

"Folks say that my singing makes them blue;
But I practice the livelong night,
And I can't get a note beyond 'Tu-whoo,'
Though I try with all my might."

"Ha! ha!" laughed the bobolink. "Bob-o-bo-lee!
Men call me a frivolous bird;
But you are pictured from sea to sea
As wondrously wise, I've heard."

Then the bobolink laughed and laughed again,
Till his feathers shook with mirth.
"Such curious, comical creatures are men!
They're the funniest things on earth!

The Elephant Poem

The Elephant

The Elephant is very large,
And I am very small;
Though he looks down on you and me,
He is not proud at all.
You'd think a beast as big as he
Would want a monstrous chunk
Of anything to eat, but he
Eats peanuts with his trunk.
Yes, Nature is most wonderful!
Small things are vain and naughty,
When big ones love a peanut and 
Are too big to be haughty.

Lincoln Poem

 

Lincoln
I Thought I heard his voice to-day
Speak kind and low
To every one;

I thought I heard him gently say,

"With malice toward none."

I thought I heard his voice to-day

Speak kind and low

To great and small;

I thought I heard him gently say,

"With clarity for all."

This was his maxim, I am told,

His law of life,

His golden rule,

For warring states and nations bold,

Also for home and school.

by Frances Higgins.

Fire Flies

Fire Flies

by Grace Wilson Copeland

I like to chase the fire flies,

Chase them to and fro;

I like to watch them dart about,

Their little lamps aglow.

 

In the evening's twilight dim

I follow them about;

I often think I have one caught,

And then his light goes out.

 

I cannot tell just where he is

Until he winks, you see,

Then far away I see his light,

He's played a joke on me.

Turkey Patterns for The Teacher's Classroom

        Teachers and students sometimes may need a little help drawing Thanksgiving turkeys for their murals, art projects or any crafts they would like to include a friendly turkey in. Here are three restored for your imaginations!

One large turkey pattern for classroom decorations.

Two large gobblers for your classroom farmyard...

Thanksgiving by Mary Charlotte Billings

 Thanksgiving

Three centuries ago there came
Unto a strange, new land
Pilgrims journeying from afar,
A grave, God-fearing band.
Crossing an unknown ocean
That their children might be free,
They made their home where forests grim
Shadowed a lonely sea.
And down the years the story comes
Of men and women brave,
Who knelt in thankful worship
Beside an alien wave,
No gold had they, or silver,
No cities rich and fair,
But grateful hearts gave thanks to God,
Whose guidance brought them there.
So now when dark November comes
And winds grow bleak and cold,
When all the land is rich with food,
And grain is bright as gold,
With simple words we thank our God,
and at firesides we pray,
When homefolk gather from afar,
To keep Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving by Susie M. Best

 Thanksgiving 

I am thankful for my parents
And my relatives and friends,
I am thankful for the blessings
That my Heavenly Father sends.

I am thankful for the harvest
That was plentiful and fine,
I am thankful for the banner
Floating o'er this land of mine.

I am thankful for Thanksgiving
And its very splendid dinner-
I am certain when I eat it
I will not be any thinner.