The Cheated Mosquitoes
The Cheated Mosquitoes
Poem
Little Gold Locks has gone to bed,
Kisses are given and prayers are said.
Mamma says, as she turns out the light,
"Mosquitoes won't bite my child to-night.
They will try to come in, but won't know how,
For the nets are in the windows now."
First Mosquito:
That is the window where we go in!
Second Mosquito:
Is little girl Gold Locks fat or thin?
Third Mosquito:
O, plump as the plumpest dairy mouse!
Fourth Mosquito:
And the sweetest morsel in the house.
Fifth Mosquito:
Hurry, I pray, and lead the way!
Sixth Mosquito:
I haven't had a bite to-day!
First Mosquito:
What have I flown against now I wonder?
Second Mosquito:
There's something across here, let's crawl under!
Third Mosquito:
These bars are as large as my body is!
Fourth Mosquito:
I've broken the point of my bill on this!
Fifth Mosquito:
I'm slim, perhaps I can crawl through!
Sixth Mosquito:
Oh! what shall I do? Oh! What shall I do?
Chorus:
Oh! what shall we do? Oh! what shall we do?
Notes
Written by Clara Doty Bates.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
The illustrations can be found in Saint Nicholas, Volume 1 (1874).
