ACORNS
edith king
Oh, when the ripe acorns,
so smooth and so brown
get loose from their cups
and come pattering down
What work is in store
For the girls and the boys
First of all to collect them
And then to make toys
For they can make thimbles
and tiny doll cradles
Ane thorn-handles saucepans
and egg-cups and ladles,
Extinguishers, flower-pots,
Baskets and rings,
And barrels and buckets,
and all kind of things.
They can stock a whole shop
if they have any brains,
and use a small penknife
and plenty of pains.
