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\nI’ll tell you how the leaves came down,
\nThe great tree to his children said.
\nYou’re getting sleepy, yellow and brown,
\nYes very sleepy, little red.
\nIt’s quite time to go to bed.<\/p>\n
\nI’ll tell you how the leaves came down,
\nThe great tree to his children said.
\nYou’re getting sleepy, yellow and brown,
\nYes very sleepy, little red.
\nIt’s quite time to go to bed.<\/p>\n
“Ah,” begged each silly pouting leaf,
\nLet us a littler longer stay.
\nDear Father Tree, behold our grief,
\n‘Tis such a very pleasant day.
\nWe do not want to go away.”<\/p>\n
So for one more day
\nThe great tree to his children clung.
\nFrolicked and danced and had their way,
\nAmong the autumn breezes swung.
\nWhispering all their thoughts among.<\/p>\n
“Perhaps the great tree will forget,
\nAnd let us stay until the Spring,
\nIf we all beg and coax and fret.”
\nBut the great tree did no such thing,
\nHe smiled to hear their whispering.<\/p>\n
Come children all to bed, he cried,
\nAnd e’er the leaves could urge their prayer.
\nHe shook his head, and far and wide
\nFluttering and dancing through the air
\nDown came the leaflets – everywhere.<\/p>\n
I saw them – on the ground they lay
\nGolden and red – a huddled swarm
\nWaiting for one, from far away
\nWhite bed-clothes heaped upon her arm
\nShould come to keep them safe and warm.<\/p>\n
The great bare tree looked down and smiled,
\n“Good-night dear little leaves,” he said.
\nAnd from below each sleepy child
\nLooked up and murmured
\n“It is so nice to go to bed.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ll tell you how the leaves came down, The great tree to his children said. You’re getting sleepy, yellow and brown, Yes very sleepy, little red. It’s quite time to go to bed. “Ah,” begged each silly pouting leaf, Let us a littler longer stay. Dear Father Tree, behold our grief, ‘Tis such a very … <\/p>\n