The Phoenix and the Carpet

by E. (Edith) Nesbit · language: en

THE PHOENIX AND THE CARPET E. Nesbit TO My Dear Godson HUBERT GRIFFITH and his sister MARGARET TO HUBERT Dear Hubert, if I ever found A wishing-carpet lying round, I’d stand upon it, and I’d say: ‘Take me to Hubert, right away!’ And then we’d travel very far To where the magic countries are That you and I will never see, And choose the loveliest gifts for you, from me.

But oh! alack! and well-a-day!

No wishing-carpets come my way.

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