Five Minute Stories

Chapter 93: THE BUTTON PIE.

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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.

THE BUTTON PIE.

A button pie! a button pie!

It was our fondest wish.

We took the nursery buttons

And put them in a dish.

We mixed them well with sawdust

Squeezed out of Dolly’s arm,

And some of Nursie’s hair-oil,

Not thinking any harm.

And then we set the pie to bake,

Beneath the sewing table;

And went to play a little while

With Johnny’s horse and stable.

But Nursie came, and whisked her gown,

And over went the pie.

I think I will not tell the rest,

For fear—that—I should—cry!