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|title = [[Poems (Mansfield)|Poems]] | |title = [[Poems (Mansfield)|Poems]] | ||
|author = Katherine Mansfield | |author = Katherine Mansfield | ||
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In the middle of our porridge plates | |||
There was a blue butterfly painted | |||
And each morning we tried who should reach the | |||
butterfly first. | |||
Then the Grandmother said: "Do not eat the poor | |||
butterfly." | |||
That made us laugh. | |||
Always she said it and always it started us laughing. | |||
It seemed such a sweet little joke. | |||
I was certain that one fine morning | |||
The butterfly would fly out of our plates, | |||
Laughing the teeniest laugh in the world, | |||
And perch on the Grandmother's lap. | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
Latest revision as of 20:47, 21 January 2009
| Poems ~ Butterfly Laughter written by Katherine Mansfield |
| 1923. | Link to further information |
In the middle of our porridge plates
There was a blue butterfly painted
And each morning we tried who should reach the
butterfly first.
Then the Grandmother said: "Do not eat the poor
butterfly."
That made us laugh.
Always she said it and always it started us laughing.
It seemed such a sweet little joke.
I was certain that one fine morning
The butterfly would fly out of our plates,
Laughing the teeniest laugh in the world,
And perch on the Grandmother's lap.
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