Five Minute Stories

Chapter 6: A NEW YEAR SONG.

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A lively collection of short stories and poems for children, offering simple domestic scenes, playful rhymes, brief narratives, and light moral lessons. Pieces range from tender portraits of family life and child play to fanciful nonsense verses, seasonal and holiday sketches, animal vignettes, and concise character studies, often keyed to children's imagination and daily activities. Language is straightforward and rhythmic, with songs and jingles interspersed among short tales; many pieces aim to charm or amuse while gently reinforcing kindness, curiosity, and good manners. Illustrations accompany several items, enhancing the accessible tone and appeal to young readers.

A NEW YEAR SONG.

When the year is new, my dear,

When the year is new,

Let us make a promise here,

Little I and you,

Not to fall a-quarrelling

Over every tiny thing,

But sing and smile, smile and sing,

All the glad year through.

As the year goes by, my dear,

As the year goes by,

Let us keep our sky swept clear,

Little you and I.

Sweep up every cloudy scowl,

Every little thunder-growl,

And live and laugh, laugh and live,

’Neath a cloudless sky.

When the year is old, my dear,

When the year is old,

Let us never doubt or fear,

Though the days grow cold.

Loving thoughts are always warm;

Merry hearts know ne’er a storm.

Come ice and snow, so love’s dear glow

Turn all our gray to gold.