~The Queen of Roumania~

PEEPING PANSY
BY THE QUEEN OF ROUMANIA
ILLUSTRATED BY MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL
HODDER AND STOUGHTON 1918

The First Door Peeping Pansy Opened.

The Lizards were Dancing!
Pansy never saw anything so funny.

Don't cry, Cussy—when we are naughty,
we must be punished.

I don't like to be caught by him all alone in the forest.

I do not think that any of you would have
hurried if your bath water had begun
singing sweet songs to you.

“May I come in?”  said Pansy, rather timidly.

From between the roots of a huge tree
appeared a little man.

  O! white little ball, So tender and small.