Safe and Sound

 A Reading with Music 

Safe and Sound 

By ANNETTE WYNNE  and ALICE HESS BEVERIDGE 

Safe and sound, in the ground, 

Little seeds are lying so*-

Just like-this all in a row*- 

But when April dances round- 

Like this*- with singing sound, -

And there's not a trace of snow- 

Up they ll jump before we know- 

Like this*- and start to grow. 

All day long the small plants try 

This way to reach the sky,* 

Some little flowers peep all about,

And then when school at last is out, 

The children gather in the sun 

And pick the flowers one by one- 

So*- and then comes snow; 

Once again all in a row* 

Little seeds lie underground, 

While Mr Rough Wind rides around.

*- With suitable actions 

The words of the poem are reprinted by permission from "For Days and Days" by Annette Wynne Copyright 1919 by Frederick A Stokes Company Book rights reserved.  

1. References:

PRIMARY EDUCATION- POPULAR EDUCATOR  April 1927