The Story Of Flying Robert

When the rain comes tumbling down     In the country or the town,     All good little girls and boys     Stay at home and mind their toys. Robert thought, "No, when it pours,     It is better out of doors." Rain it did, and in a minute     Bob was in it. Here you see him, silly fellow,     Underneath his red umbrella. What a wind! oh! how it whistles     Through the trees and flowers and thistles! It has caught his red umbrella: Now look at him, silly fellow  Up he flies     To the skies. No one heard his screams and cries;     Through the clouds the rude wind bore him,     And his hat flew on before him. Soon they got to such a height,     They were nearly out of sight. And the hat went up so high,     That it nearly touched the sky. No one ever yet could tell     Where they stopped, or where they fell: Only this one thing is plain,     Bob was never seen again!   CHILDHOOD'S FAVORITES  AND FAIRY STORIES