A Pet Reader

Chapter 89: Come, My Children

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About This Book

Aimed at beginning readers, this collection presents short poems and simple prose about household and farm animals, including dogs, cats, birds, poultry, horses, rabbits, and small pets. Brief anecdotes, descriptive pieces, and rhymes portray everyday pet behavior, care tasks, and gentle moral lessons about kindness and responsibility toward animals. Sections group similar creatures and alternate playful vignettes with practical tips for feeding, housing, and helping wildlife. Illustrative scenes and accessible language support early reading and introduce empathy for animals.

Come, My Children

Come, my children, come away,

For the sun shines bright to-day;

Little children, come with me,

Birds and brooks and flowers to see.

See the little lambs at play

In the meadows bright and gay;

How they leap and skip and run,

Full of frolic, full of fun!

Bring the hoop and bring the ball;

Come, with happy faces all.

Let us make a merry ring,

Talk and dance and laugh and sing.