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Poems by Katherine Mansfield

Little Brother's Secret

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Little Brother's Secret

When my birthday was coming
Little Brother had a secret :
He kept it for days and days
And just hummed a little tune when I asked him.
But one night it rained
And I woke up and heard him crying :
Then he told me.
“I planted two lumps of sugar in your garden
Because you love it so frightfully
I thought there would be a whole sugar tree for your birthday,
And now it will all be melted.”
O the darling !