TUSITALA, you can tell Tales for children very well, Soldiers, gardens, hills, and trees, Boats and pails and little seas. Tales of butterflies with wings ''" All the world of little things. Tusitala, you who made Tales of all the times you played In the garden, in the swing, In the world of everything, Long as any tale is told You can not grow sad or old. Tusitala, you who knew All the good things children do ''" Garden gate and meadow tree. Sofa, counterpane, and sea. Long as there's the wind and sky Teller, you shall never die! |