The mouth of a girl who had long lain among the reeds looked gnawed away. As the breast was cut open, the gullet showed full of holes. Finally in a cavity below the diaphragm a nest of young rats was discovered. One little sister lay dead. The others thrived on liver and kidneys, drank the cold blood and enjoyed a lovely childhood here. And sweet and swift came their death also: They were all thrown into the water together. Oh, how the little muzzles squeaked! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LITTLE GIRL LOST, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE BEFORE SEDAN by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON JILTED by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A LAST PRAYER by HELEN MARIA HUNT FISKE JACKSON CUBA LIBRA [APRIL, 1896] by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER PARADISI GLORIA by THOMAS WILLIAM PARSONS |