Kindergarten Read Aloud Banquet

Nursery Songs for October

A Child's Garden of Verses

Travel

I should like to rise and go
Where the golden apples grow;—
Where below another sky
Parrot islands anchored lie,
And, watched by cockatoos and goats,
Lonely Crusoes building boats;—
Where in sunshine reaching out
Eastern cities, miles about,
Are with mosque and minaret
Among sandy gardens set,
And the rich goods from near and far
Hang for sale in the bazaar;—
Where the Great Wall round China goes,
And on one side the desert blows,
And with the bell and voice and drum,
Cities on the other hum;—
Where are forests, hot as fire,
Wide as England, tall as a spire,
Full of apes and cocoa-nuts
And the negro hunters' huts;—
Where the knotty crocodile
Lies and blinks in the Nile,
And the red flamingo flies
Hunting fish before his eyes;—
Where in jungles near and far,
Man-devouring tigers are,
Lying close and giving ear
Lest the hunt be drawing near,
Or a comer-by be seen
Swinging in a palanquin;—
Where among the desert sands
Some deserted city stands,
All its children, sweep and prince,
Grown to manhood ages since,
Not a foot in street or house,
Not a stir of child or mouse,
And when kindly falls the night,
In all the town no spark of light.
There I'll come when I'm a man
With a camel caravan;
Light a fire in the gloom
Of some dusty dining room;
See the pictures on the walls,
Heroes, fights, and festivals;
And in a corner find the toys
Of the old Egyptian boys.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 28	Johnny Chuck Finds Out Who the Sweet Singers Are	The Picnic The Newcomers	The Tale of Tom Kitten	The Grasshopper and the Measuring Worm Run a Race	What Harriet Did on Monday	The Carpenter Story	St. John the Baptist
Week 28	Good Advice	Pussy-Cat by the Fire	I Love Sixpence	Come, Let's to Bed	Bye, Baby Bunting	The Lion and the Unicorn	Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son