Tears My Heart Sheds by Ayame Yamamoto (free children's ebooks pdf .txt) 📖

In this town there were two brothers
Neither having a single care in the world,
When one day did a quarrel rise
And into the river one was hurled,
In life or death, never again seen by another
To avert the ill luck which did seal his fate
This lesson it behooves ye learn, dear girl
Let not greed blacken the purest heart,
Lest ye pervade the bond so prized.
And hide your treasure in more than one crate.


Just In Time

How could you know to call
Right when I needed a friend?
Why would you encourage me
Right when I needed assurance?
I’ve never told anyone
Never let them see my emotions.
So how did you know?
That call would save me;
It turns out
You were just in time.


Hush Child

Hush, Little One,
Hush
This is your last lullaby.
The very last
But please don’t cry.

Sit still and let me
Comb your hair.
You want to look nice
For where you are going.
I can’t tell you that;
It’s a surprise.

Hush, Little One,
Hush
This is your last lullaby.
The very last
But please don’t cry.

Sit still while I
Get your clothes.
You will look so pretty
For the nice people you see.
I can’t tell you who;
It’s a surprise.

Hush, Little One,
Hush
This is your last lullaby.
The very last
But please don’t cry.

Sit still while I
Wash your face.
You don’t want to be dirty.
Now let’s get going.
I can’t tell you where;
It’s a surprise.

Hush, Little One,
Hush
This is your last lullaby.
The very last
But please don’t cry.

I can’t tell you where,
I can’t tell you who,
I can’t tell you why,
It will be a surprise.
Besides, I can’t know for sure.

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