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ContemplativeMary Carolyn Davies

How Do Sea Gulls Know

Wherever I've seen a sea gull I've seen a sea. A beach with sand for walking, And water free For us to bathe in when we choose Or to wade in without our shoes. But there are miles of brown earth Where never water shows, And those are places to avoid, As every sea gull knows. A sea gull is a simple soul. No map has he. How does a sea gull ever find The sea?
CheerfulMary Carolyn Davies

The Second Earliest Bird

An early worm Said to a bird, "Are you the one Of whom I've heard? "Are you the early Bird, sir, you, Who eats me if I'm early, too?" The bird moved closer, Just a bit. Said, "I'll tell you a secret This is it: “I'm the second earliest Bird. Today You're safe. But--tomorrow? Ah! Who can say?"
CheerfulMary Carolyn Davies

The Favorite Little Bird

A little bird father And a little bird mother Had five little birds in a nest. They knew it was wrong, but There was a favorite Child they both liked best. All the munchiest worms, All the scrunchiest worms, (Though they knew it was unfair) still, All the slidiest worms, And the glidiest worms, Went into that one child's bill. Then the favorite bird, As I have heard, Got colic, and nearly died. And the mother bird
CheerfulMary Carolyn Davies

My Kite

Like a bird flying, My kite goes high. It sits with the birds At the edge of the sky. Then the birds come back To their waiting tree. And my kite comes back To me.

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