Elfin Land

Chapter 19: A Garden Party for Three.

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About This Book

A collection of short, rhyming children's poems that populate a fanciful world of fairies, elves, and small creatures. Scenes include moonlit dances, seaside frolics, garden games, and playful animal portraits, all rendered in light, sing-song verse. Recurring images of nature and domestic whimsy introduce gentle moral touches and humorous surprises. The pieces are brief, accessible, and shaped for reading aloud to young audiences.

A Garden Party for Three.

Up in an apple-tree corner sat,

A little girl and a pussy-cat.

Just as cosy as they could wish,

Eating out of a china dish.

Close beside them a big black crow.

Saucy and thievish he was, you know—

Came and perched, saying “o dear me!

What a nice garden party for three!”

The little girl had enough to eat;

The cat and the crow had a royal treat;

And some other day in the apple-tree

There’ll be a nice garden party for three!