Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE NAUGHTY MARIONETTE, by STELLA LAVINA OLSON


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THE NAUGHTY MARIONETTE, by                    
First Line: Thy gracious pardon, grant, o tree
Last Line: Refusing to be good!
Subject(s): Puppets; Marionettes


"Thy gracious pardon, grant, O tree,"
The woodsman begged respectfully,
Yet felled it, blow on blow.

"O tree, withhold thy reprimand;
We need thy wood, please understand,
To make a puppet show."
A nymph who lived within the tree
Appropriated hastily
A bit of cross-grained wood,
From which was shaped one puppet queer,
Who always plagues the puppeteer,
Refusing to be good!





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