Elfin Land

Chapter 2: THE MAN IN THE MOON

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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.

THE MAN IN THE MOON

The man in the moon once had a wife,

And she was really the plague of his life.

They used to sail in a bright canoe,

From east to West, o’er the sky so blue.

But she was restless and he was rough,

And said he hadn’t half room enough.

One night in turning the boat around,

The woman fell out, and she was drowned.

And down in the lake she sails alone

In a lovely boat that is all her own!