Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CHILD NEXT DOOR, by ROSE FYLEMAN


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First Line: The child next door has a wreath on her hat
Last Line: Has seen a fairy?
Subject(s): Fairies; Girls; Imagination; Elves; Fancy


The child next door has a wreath on her hat;
Her afternoon frock sticks out like that,
All soft and frilly;
She doesn't believe in fairies at all
(She told me over the garden wall) --
She thinks they're silly.

The child next door has a watch of her own;
She has shiny hair and her name is Joan;
(Mine's only Mary).
But doesn't it seem very sad to you
To think that she never her whole life through
Has seen a fairy?





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