Little Rain

When I was making myself a game Up in the garden, a little rain came.

It fell down quick in a sort of rush, And I crawled back under the snowball bush.

I could hear the big drops hit the ground And see little puddles of dust fly round.

A chicken came till the rain was gone; He had just a very few feathers on.

He shivered a little under his skin, And then he shut his eyeballs in.

Even after the rain had begun to hush It kept on raining up in the bush.

One big flat drop came sliding down, And a ladybug that was red and brown

Was up on a little stem waiting there, And I got some rain in my hair.

Elizabeth Madox Roberts

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