Little Brother's Secret

When my birthday was coming Little Brother had a secret: He kept it for days and days And just hummed a little tune when I asked him. But one night it rained And I woke up and heard him crying: Then he told me. “I planted two lumps of sugar in your garden Because you love it so frightfully I thought there would be a whole sugar tree for your birthday, And now it will all be melted.” O the darling!