The Song the Cockle-Shell Sings
One day Anna Lucy held a cockle-shell to her ear. She listened and then began to smile.
“Do you hear anything?” asked her little brother Frank.
“Yes,” answered Anna Lucy, “you may hear it too.” She held the shell to Frank’s ear. Frank listened, then he began to smile. “What is it?” he whispered.
“It is the song of the sea,” said Anna Lucy; “the shell sings it in her heart.”