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Chapter 29: A Penny for You.

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About This Book

A collection of short, illustrated verses that portray infants and toddlers in familiar domestic scenes—play, naps, mealtimes, mischief, outings, and simple fantasies. Each poem uses rhythmic, child-friendly language to celebrate sensory details, family relationships, and small adventures, often observing twins, siblings, neighborhood babies, and everyday mishaps like jam on the face or rainy-day confinement. The volume reads like a series of affectionate snapshots aimed at entertaining and soothing young readers and caregivers.

A Penny for You.

Here is a penny for you, little girl,

Because the nice music came round,

I stood by the window a long long time,

And heard what the hand organ ground.

Is it your papa who grinds out the tunes?

And plays so I dance tippy toe?

Tell him I think he’s a nice music man.

I don’t want him ever to go.

Tell him to come back to-morrow day too,

I’d like him to come every day,

I’ll take all the pennies from my little bank,

And give them to him, if he’ll play.