LIST OF COLORED PLATES
| “Inside his Pumperkin house” | Frontispiece |
| PAGE | |
| “An early morning peek” | 21 |
| “Then it grew darker than midnight” | 32 |
| “So they sat themselves on the flying sea-shell” | 43 |
| “‘Take him away!’ ordered the King” | 55 |
| “The whole leap took but a moment” | 69 |
| “A young peasant girl came toward him” | 83 |
| “There came floating toward him in midair” | 97 |
| “The windows in the palace were gleaming” | 108 |
| “She strained her eyes to watch the distant harbor” | 121 |
| “He jumped upon his shoulders” | 135 |
| “Where was it bound? Haven’t you guessed?” | 148 |
To
Robert Stuart
Marquis
ONE day old—
And all your life ahead of you!
How I wish that plodding I
Could be there instead of you!
Tops and toys and picture books;
Sliding ponds and summer brooks;
Birds among the tree-tops green;
Flowers thrusting to be seen—
And about you, like a charm
To protect you, Mother’s arm....
Just one day——
And thousands more to come to you!
How the chirrupy old crickets
Of the hearth will hum to you!
All the things that brightest gleam
In a mother’s brightest dream:
Sunshine that is free from rain,
Laughter that is free from pain;
Faith and glory, love and hope
Lie along your life’s long slope....
One day old—
While within your cradle, you
Smile to think of all the things
Life will freely ladle you!
HERE is the story of Peterkin Pumperkin,
Lived in a patch, and afraid of a bumperkin.
The wind came along with a jig and a jumperkin—
When Peterkin stopped, he was all in a lumperkin.