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Various
Our Boys
Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664601025
Table of Contents
SONG OF THE CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS.
THE LITTLE GOLD MINERS OF THE SIERRAS.
HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX.
THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY
AKRON, OHIO
1904
The Cat-tail Arrow
BY CLARA DOTY BATES
Well indeed he loved to whittle,
Shaped it like the half of O—
How he could I scarcely know,
For his fingers were so little.
As he whittled came a sigh:
"If I only had an arrow;
Something light enough to fly
To the tree-tops or the sky!
Then I'd have such fun tomorrow."
Then he thought of all the slim
Things that grow—the hazel bushes,
Willow branches, poplars trim—
And yet nothing suited him
Till he chanced to think of rushes.
He knew well a quiet pool
Where he always paused a minute
On his way to district school,
Just to see the waters cool
And his own bright face within it.
There the cat-tails thickly grew,
With their heads so brown and furry;
They were straight and slender too,
Plenty strong enough he knew,
And he sought them in a