To Mummy
I shall never leave you, Mummy,
Even when I’m tall.
I’ll build a darling little house
Beside our garden wall.
And you’ll never see me grown-up,
You’ll only see me small.
I’ll never leave you, Mummy,
Because you’d miss me so,
But Daddy says it’s awkward
(And Daddy ought to know),
And so I’ve quite decided
I don’t intend to grow!