ONE day we found a little nest With one blue egg, so small We had to lift it out to see If 'twas an egg at all Or just a bit of bluest sky Dropped in there by mistake— We didn't hold it tight, of course, For tightness makes eggs break. And all the time, the mother bird Made such a dreadful fuss— 'Twas just as if she couldn't trust Her nice blue egg with us! And though we put it back at once And Ann said, "Sorry", too, That bird kept right on scolding us— I can't see why, can you? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOLDIER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MY LIGHT WITH YOURS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE POET (2) by ISAAC ROSENBERG |