13 AUGUST 1954, Page 12

In the Pond

The pond in Mr. Murplc's yard, I feel it in my shoes' •

Deep in my shoes I feel the pond In Mr. Murple's yard.

And how much wiser will I be When I am in the pond? When over me the sky is wet Will I much wiser be?

A little bird beside the pond Angles his eye at me,_ Where very deep and very wet I lie, beneath the pond.

Well may the bird look down on me Cocking his little eye;