A Fairy Went A Marketing
ByRose Fyleman
A fairy went a marketing
She bought a little fish;
She put it in a crystal bowl
Upon a golden dish
An hour she sat in
wonderment
And watched its sliver gleam,
And then gently took it up
And slipped it in a stream.
A fairy went a marketing
She bought a winter gown
All stitched about with gossamer
And lined with thistledown.
She wore it all afternoon
With prancing and delight,
Then gave it to a little frog
To keep him warm at night.
A fairy went a marketing
She bought a colored bird;
It sang the sweetest ,shrillest song
That she had ever heard.
She sat beside its painted cage
And listened half a day,
And then she opened wide the door
And let it fly away.
A fairy went a marketing
She bought a gentle mouse
To take her tiny messages,
To keep her tiny house.
All day she kept its busy feet
Pit-patting to and fro,
And then she kissed its silken ears,
Thanked it, and let it go.
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