BIRTHDAY TALK FOR A CHILD.

By Edith Nesbit

DADDY dear, I'm only four

And I'd rather not be more:

Four's the nicest age to be —

Two and two, or one and three.

All I love is two and two,

Mother, Fabian, Paul and you;

All you love is one and three,

Mother, Fabian, Paul and me.

Give your little girl a kiss

Because she learned and told you this.