StoryTitle("caps", "A Crown of Froebel's Jewels. ") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Come, dear little playmates, and sing a song with me;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "We'll sing of the fishes in the brook, and birdies in the tree; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And of the busy bee, that flies among the buds and flowers; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Of the sun, whose brilliant rays illume this busy world of ours. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The moon and twinkling stars, the rainbow in the sky,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The pattering rain, that fills the brook, as it runs so swiftly by.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Let us thank the carpenter, for the bridge he has built so stout and strong, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "With his zish, zish, zish, and his rap, rap, rap, he toils the whole day long. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "We will sing of the target, made with care, and a basket let us weave; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "We'll farmers be, and sow our seeds, from morning until eve;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then to the miller's we will go, and see what change will come; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "When flour is made of the golden grain, the miller's work is done. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The cooper, his barrels has been making, the baker then will come, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And kneading the flour, the bread he'll bake, for each and every one; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The blacksmith, who stands at his anvil, with his strong arms free and bare, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "No coal could burn in the forge, were it not for the charcoal burner's care. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The wheelwright, with the spokes and hub, and iron tire and rim,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The wheel can make; without his work, what task could we begin? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The scissor-grinder at the wheel, the cobbler at the shoe,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Each, in turn, the other helps, and all are helping you. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Hark! in the distant belfry, the musical chimes resound;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The sexton, too, has his work to do, and is happy the whole year round; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Though varied the tasks of the toilers, all hearts are one in prayer,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then praises sing, to our God and King, for his gentle, loving care.", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>