June 12: The Waves’ Story
The Waves begged the brownie to take them back to the ocean for they said they had had adventures enough. And the night they got back Mother Ocean gave a great ball. The wind came and danced and sang, the waves all danced, the sea-shells laughed and sang and through it all Mother Ocean kept smiling and singing to herself:
“Away from home.
They wanted to roam,
Away from the ocean deep.
And I did not say ‘No,’
But I let them go,
Though many salt tears did I weep.
But now they are home,
They no longer will roam,
Away from the ocean deep.
And they will say ‘No,’
If I suggest that they go,
So now I can sing and not weep.”
And ever since that day none of the Waves have ever wanted to leave their Mother Ocean to adventure over the earth.